SFTP fails in KDE Plasma 5 and Evolution email fails to start
I have moved recently to using KDE / Plasma GUI. All goes OK, except:
1) Trying to use FileZilla, it fails to connect to my website. I tried also other FTP client software, but no go. It seems, that something in my KDE OS is in the way or I am missing on some setup. 2) When starting Evolution each morning, it opens OK. But at times, it fails to start and I am forced to restart the machine. Hope someone has an idea for eaither of those problems. Thank you Alex |
KDE is a desktop environment, not an operating system.
We will presume that you are running Linux, at least until you inform us otherwise. What is the distribution and version? What versions of the apps have you installed, and how did you install them? Why are you "forced to reboot" to restart a single application? Where is your website, and can you ping it from that machine? Do your remote hostnames resolve properly? Is your website server supposed to be SSH accessible, and can it be accessed from other hosts? We MAY be able to answer one or both of the questions, once we understand what you are really talking about. |
In addition to answering the above important questions which we need to help diagnose and solve the problems, please make sure that you are using FileZilla to connect to port 22 for SSH and SFTP and not old, nasty, outdated, unencrypted FTP which is on both ports 20 and 21 instead. You can choose SFTP with either the Quick Connect option or the Site Manager.
If you use the Site Manager, again, please make sure that you have chosen SFTP - SSH File Transfer Protocol on port 22 and not old, nasty, outdated, unencrypted FTP. The default is FTP so you will have to actually choose SFTP. |
Hint: Within KDE / Plasma it should be easiest to use dolphin for SFTP. If you still experience problems maybe this can help:
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ng-4175629880/ |
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In Dolphin, press ctrl-l and enter the URL for your server. Substitute the right user name, address, and directory path: Code:
sftp://alex4buba@server.example.com/var/www/html/ |
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I don't know, which version apps, but in general I am using Chrome browser, Evolution for email, Flowblade for video clip editing, SONOS-Controller-Unofficial, Zoom, KDE Connect, Muon Package Manager, Notepadqq, Pinta for image editing and Video downloader. All the rest are OS built-in apps. I removed Firefox, can that be the reason? The website in question is here : https://ourvilla.net.au - I am able to connect FileZilla via FTP bu not via SFTP. Trying to ping - is sitting in terminal and going nowhere: Code:
alex@alex-NUC8i7HNK:~$ ping ourvilla.net.au Code:
My setup is as follows: Code:
Status: Connecting to ftp.ourvilla.net.au... Thank you Alex |
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My url is https://ourvilla.net.au Not clear what should I do with this: Code:
sftp://alex4buba@server.example.com/var/www/html/ Alex |
You would put in your account name and remote host name and then the path of the directory on the remote server where you wish to start. Based on what you posted a bit earlier, that might be:
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sftp://ouou8736@ourvilla.net.au/home/ouou8736/ |
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I followed your suggestion literally and got the attached image. Will just add, my home directory on the site is : /public_html - where on that command line should I specify this? It didn't ask me for any password Thanks Alex |
If you can connect to a host using one service, but not ANOTHER service, that would indicate the the network is connected and resolution is working, but that the failing service is down or blocked on the remote host.
What can you tell us about the remote host and services running there? Again, can any other client machines connect to that host on the SSH services port? (22, which also serves SCP and SFTP) |
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I am connecting without any problem to that server using FTP, but NOT SFTP on port 22 Thanks Alex |
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sftp://ouou8736@ftp.ourvilla.net.au/public_html/ |
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Thanks for your time, I will report back here when I get news Cheers Alex |
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Sorry that I wasted your time (and mine) Cheers Alex |
Egad!
Does that mean you can’t ssh to that server? At the command line...? |
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