On 26 March 2016 at 20:24, Nigel Verity <nigelver...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi > > I've just installed Xubuntu 15.10 on an Acer netbook. I've installed > Xubuntu many times before but not 15.10. It works fine. > > My standard routine is to next install openSSH-server and SSHFS, then > start the SSH service. > > The situation now is that I can SSH into the box and I can mount its file > system on a remote computer using SSHFS. For all that success, though, I > cannot access the box from any other using Filezilla (SFTP). It just hangs > then times out. I know it's not a problem with Filezilla per se as all my > other laptops can "see" each other through it. > > Can anybody suggest where the cause may lie? Permissions perhaps? > > Filezilla is very strict about SSL/TLS support. If the server says it supports TLS then Filezilla tries to use it and will reject the connection if it fails. The workaround is to set the connection to use 'Plain FTP' in Filezilla connection manager. This is probably OK In your setup but the correct thing to do would be to make sure that openssh is up to date and configured correctly. There are documents online to test and make recommendations but I think in your case it would be just an exercise unless the machine is going to be internet facing. s/ -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood "TBA are particularly glib"
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