Tag: lftp

To enable debug mode, add -d to command line like

lftp -d -u bizhat,UdddaaaaaartN 174.36.192.112

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When i connect to a remote SFTP server using lftp, i get following error

root@ok:~# lftp sftp://[email protected]:22
Password:
lftp [email protected]:~> set ftp:ssl-allow false
lftp [email protected]:~> mirror --verbose --use-pget-n=8 -c /home/okuser/www.site.com/docs /root/site-backup/
mirror: Fatal error: Host key verification failed.   
mkdir: Access failed: /root/site-backup/docs: File exists
lftp: MirrorJob.cc:242: void MirrorJob::JobFinished(Job*): Assertion `transfer_count>0' failed.
Aborted
root@ok:~#

The error is “Fatal error: Host key verification failed.”

To fix this, just SSH into this server with command

ssh -p 22 [email protected]

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When i connect to an FTP server, i get following error

root@hestia-lnx:~# lftp -u sokftp 54.37.215.1
Password: 
lftp [email protected]:~> dir                   
ls: Fatal error: Certificate verification: Not trusted
lftp [email protected]:~> ls -la
ls: ls -la: Fatal error: Certificate verification: Not trusted
lftp [email protected]:~>

To fix this, run

set ssl:verify-certificate no

You can add this to /etc/lftp.conf to make this permanant

vi  /etc/lftp.conf

Add

set ssl:verify-certificate no

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Download files

• Download all files from FTP server using lftp
• Download all files from SFTP server using lftp

Upload files

• Upload all files to FTP server using lftp

lftp Errors

• lftp enable debug mode
• lftp Fatal error: Certificate verification: Not trusted
• lftp Fatal error: Host key verification failed

Connect to a server

lftp -u USER,PASSWORD SERVER_IP

Disable SSL

set ftp:ssl-allow false
set ssl:verify-certificate no

Enable Active FTP mode

set ftp:passive-mode off