FTP – Blocked Port 22 but Still Have Root Access to FTP

It seems that ufw has a problem with VPSs. Might be related to this: http://blog.bodhizazen.net/linux/how-to-use-ufw-in-openvz-templates/ I'll stick to using iptables.

For what it seems you are confusing two services. You mention about not being able to connect to the server using SSH, which in return means you won't be able to connect using SFTP because you need SSH to use SFTP.

Now, FTP is a different port (21). Do you mind if I ask, but what Linux distribution are you using? If you are running Red Had/CentOS you might want to look at the SElinux configuration. If you are running Debian/Ubuntu try running /sbin/iptables -L and look if there are some rules (firewall) that might be preventing you from connecting to the server.

Lastly, check if you don't have a firewall locally that might be blocking ssh or ftp traffic (outbound).

Make sure iptables is not running, you can use the following command: chkconfig iptables off and for ipv6 as well, chkconfig ip6tables off

Hopefully it helps!

Cheers