Linux filezilla cannot connect however there is no issue on windows

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I am trying to connect to my server using secrue ftp (SFTP).

On Windows I have no problem however on my Linux computer I get the following error:

status: Connecting to 89.104.207.220...
Response:   fzSftp started
Command:    open "root@89.104.207.220" 22
Error:  No route to host
Error:  Could not connect to server
Status: Waiting to retry...
Status: Connecting to 89.104.207.220...
Response:   fzSftp started
Command:    open "root@89.104.207.220" 22
Error:  No route to host
Error:  Could not connect to server
Status: Connecting to 89.104.207.220...
Response:   fzSftp started
Command:    open "root@89.104.207.220" 22
Error:  No route to host
Error:  Could not connect to server
Status: Waiting to retry...
Status: Connecting to 89.104.207.220...
Response:   fzSftp started
Command:    open "root@89.104.207.220" 22
Error:  No route to host
Error:  Could not connect to server

I have opened port 22 using the following command:

sudo iptables -A INPUT -i eth1 -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT

However nothing happened.

has anyone tried this and know how to fix it?

Marc Rasmussen

Posted 2014-09-29T20:26:40.103

Reputation: 141

You don't need to open port 22 on your Linux installation in INPUT since your are connecting out of your box. Can you ping 89.104.207.220 and/or browse the internet? – unlink – 2014-09-29T20:37:03.050

@unlink i can connect using the console on ssh – Marc Rasmussen – 2014-09-29T20:41:30.430

@unlink i have also opened the port on the server – Marc Rasmussen – 2014-09-29T20:46:04.553

Can you connect to the server using "sftp 89.104.207.220"? Are you sure you specified the hostname correctly in Filezilla? – unlink – 2014-09-29T21:12:12.110

Did you login with: Sftp://your_host ?? – None – 2014-09-29T21:15:51.737

1The problem is this: Error: No route to host. – JakeGould – 2014-09-29T21:49:25.240

So if you do ssh 89.104.207.220 on the same machine you run FileZilla, it connects? – Martin Prikryl – 2014-09-30T06:44:40.257

Answers

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open "root@89.104.207.220" 22

It sure looks to me like you put the root@ as part of the server address and it is trying to connect to the host literally named root@89.104.207.220, not as root to the host named 89.104.207.220. Double check your input.

Zoredache

Posted 2014-09-29T20:26:40.103

Reputation: 18 453

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FileZilla logs PSFTP commands it issues to an underlying PSFTP process. And the open username@hostname port is a correct syntax the PSFTP accepts. See http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.63/htmldoc/Chapter6.html#psftp-cmd-open

– Martin Prikryl – 2014-09-30T06:41:33.907

Asked: 2014-09-29T20:26:40.103

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Active: 2014-10-08T08:10:59.967