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Eric8isles
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The server rejected SFTP connection, but it listens for FTP connections.

2020-02-25 04:43

I started having this error after I changed my server SSH default port 22.

I already changed the port number in the software WinSCP but still getting this error.

Does anyone have a solution for this?

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martin◆ Site Admin
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Re: The server rejected SFTP connection, but it listens for FTP connections.

2020-02-25

Can you connect with any other SFTP/SSH client?

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Eric8isles
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Re: The server rejected SFTP connection, but it listens for FTP connections.

2020-02-25 10:38

martin wrote:

Can you connect with any other SFTP/SSH client?

I can log in by using FileZilla.

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Eric8isles
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Re: The server rejected SFTP connection, but it listens for FTP connections.

2020-02-25 10:44

Eric8isles wrote:

martin wrote:

Can you connect with any other SFTP/SSH client?

I can log in by using FileZilla.

Let me correct myself. I used WinSCP to do backup for my server. And I used an automation script to copy backup file from my server to HDD. I can log into the server by WinSCP but the backup automation is rejected.

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martin◆ Site Admin
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Re: The server rejected SFTP connection, but it listens for FTP connections.

2020-02-25

Eric8isles wrote:

Let me correct myself. I used WinSCP to do backup for my server. And I used an automation script to copy backup file from my server to HDD. I can log into the server by WinSCP but the backup automation is rejected.

So please post logs both from the script and GUI.
Though I would guess that the problem is due to a host key verification.
See https://winscp.net/eng/docs/faq_scheduler

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Eric8isles
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Re: The server rejected SFTP connection, but it listens for FTP connections.

2020-02-26 02:15

martin wrote:

So please post logs both from the script and GUI.
Though I would guess that the problem is due to a host key verification.
See https://winscp.net/eng/docs/faq_scheduler

Script used to sync local script:

option batch abort 
option confirm off 
open %1% -hostkey="%2%"
synchronize local %3% "%4%"
exit

script used to copy backup from server

rem vps10
winscp.com /ini=nul /script=SyncToLocalScript.txt /parameter sftp://xxxLOGINIDxxx:xxxPASSWORDxxx@xxxIPADDRESSxxx "ssh-ed25519 255 xxxSHA-256IDxxx="xxxSOURCExxx" xxxDESTINATIONxxx

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Eric8isles

Re: The server rejected SFTP connection, but it listens for FTP connections.

2020-02-27 03:53

Anyone? Please help me. I had to copy my server backup manually these day without this script.

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martin◆ Site Admin
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Re: The server rejected SFTP connection, but it listens for FTP connections.

2020-02-28

Eric8isles wrote:

Anyone? Please help me.

If you want our help, then you need to provide us the information we ask for.
Once again: Please post logs both from the script and GUI.

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Eric8isles
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Re: The server rejected SFTP connection, but it listens for FTP connections.

2020-02-28 10:06

martin wrote:

Eric8isles wrote:

Anyone? Please help me.
If you want our help, then you need to provide us the information we ask for.
Once again: Please post logs both from the script and GUI.

I posted it. That information still not enough?

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