Install FTP and website files upload

• Did you let the script generate a password for you or set your own ?
• Did you make sure to enable explicit TLS/SSL mode and enable PASV passive mode like in 1st post here.
• If you are having trouble with logging in using the generated pure-ftpd username and password, you can try changing the password for the pure-ftpd username with instructions outlined at Pure-FTPD Virtual FTP Users - CentminMod.com LEMP Nginx web stack for CentOS

 

weird - make sure your isp ip isn't being blocked for login failure attempts. See FAQ items 40 & 41 for details and clues.

 

are you ftp into server domain name or server ip ? if you use server ip it should work regardless of whether dns is setup correctly

 

using server ip to connect shouldn't be affected by dns domain issues

try and enable debug messaging in filezilla so you get more info during the connection etc

 

also make sure pure-ftpd server is actually running

Code (Text):

service pure-ftpd status
service pure-ftpd restart

 

most likely due to all the failed login attempts CSF did a temp ip block on your ISP ip

from CSF Firewall - CentminMod.com LEMP Nginx web stack for CentOS ensure your ISP ip is both whitelisted in /etc/csf/csf.allow and added to /etc/csf/csf.ignore

restart CSF Firewall afterwards

Code (Text):

csf -r

usually CSF Firewall on initial install would do this automatically for ip used/detected for initial centmin mod install. If the ISP ip changed since the initial install, then you may have to have the changed ISP ip added

if you have dynamic ISP ip, then check out CSF Firewall - CentminMod.com LEMP Nginx web stack for CentOS

 

also double check the ip that system is detecting you're logging in from in ssh window type

Code (Text):

w

it should report user and ip detected

sometimes if you're behind a VPN/web proxy your reported IP might differ from your ISP IP - typing in google 'ip check' will report your IP that server would see

 

how did you copy and paste the pure-ftpd username and password details into filezilla, some folks reported their ssh client copy and paste added extra characters etc as well

pure-ftpd logs to system /var/log/messages and you can grep filter for pure-ftpd to see what username pure-ftpd server saw on their end

Code (Text):

grep pure-ftpd /var/log/messages | tail -20

successful login

Code (Text):

[INFO] ftpuser is now logged in

failed login

Code (Text):

[WARNING] Authentication failed for user [ftpuser]

 

try highlighting pure-ftpd username and password in sshd and right click copy and paste

 

means username or password is incorrect.. try changing it again in sshd as per Pure-FTPD Virtual FTP Users - CentminMod.com LEMP Nginx web stack for CentOS

Code (Text):

pure-pw passwd FTPUSERNAME
pure-pw mkdb

where FTPUSERNAME is your existing FTP username, it will prompt you to change the password again and use a different password

 

or so you didn't need pure-pw mkdb command ?

strange as most documentation says it's needed