Ubuntu – SFTP does not work for one user, SSH does work

sftpsshUbuntuubuntu-12.04

I can login with password via root and user1
I can login with Filezilla via root but not user1

Here is end of Filezilla log

Trace:  Initialised HMAC-SHA1 server->client MAC algorithm
Command:    Pass: *********
Trace:  Sent password
Trace:  Access denied
Error:  Authentication failed.
Error:  Critical error
Error:  Could not connect to server

root and user1 have same password.
I tried to re-enter password.

I can login via ssh as user1

It is typical cloud server and I never had such problem before.

I have no idea why I can't use Filezilla with that user of that machine.

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

PS
/var/log/auth.log

Nov 24 23:33:07 secure sshd[5811]: Failed password for invalid user user1 from XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX port XXXXX ssh2

PS2

I login with SFTP in Ubuntu 10.04, 13.10 but not 12.04
I created another virtual machine and set password for user1 with passwd

Best Answer

Ok. It was Filezilla fault.

I clicked "Copy" button to copy root user settings. Then I re-entered password but it does not help. When I created just "new site" in Filezilla manually then it started working. (re-entering correct values does not help) Seems to be Filezilla internal bug

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