Fix “could not connect to server error in FileZilla” in your cPanel Pure-ftpd server
The reason why you are gating such error:
1. Incorrect login details used:
How to fix “could not connect to server error in FileZilla” error?
To establish a successful FTP session, users should make sure that the username, hostname, and password are given correctly in the FTP client such as Filezilla, Cute-FTP, FlashFXP, etc.
2. Password database corruption:
“could not connect to server error in FileZilla” also happens due to the wrong password. Even a single additional space in the password can cause a login failure. Many account owners tend to overlook that aspect and struggle with 530 errors.
FTP is a comparatively insecure file management service, but many website users use it to upload/download their files. Pure-ftpd is a simple FTP server that runs in cPanel servers.
How to fix “could not connect to server error in FileZilla” error?
To establish a successful FTP session, users should make sure that the username, hostname, and password are given correctly in the FTP client such as Filezilla, Cute-FTP, FlashFXP, etc.
If the password is not working, then a password reset would be required for that user account
Follow this link to change/reset the ftp account password.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fqAYhyIczI&
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