OK... Public IP or on your home / office network?
If you do 'host domainname' at the command prompt (or ping domainname if you're on windows) does it return the right IP? Can you telnet to the port? From the name? SFTP/SSH is not always a straight forward protocol and sometimes client / application / workstation config can get in the way, telnet to the IP and domain name should get the same result. Named based virtual hosting isn't a thing for SFTP, as it uses the SSH daemon/server so if the DNS is working OK it should work... If it's a public IP / DNS you could be up against TTL / propagation issues.. Try sticking it in your hosts file.. If it's local on a Lan, stick it in the hosts file anyway. :-) I know I said this before.. Look into wholesale web hosting, if you're not able to get these basics working you're going to to be in for a power of pain when (not if) the first time a site gets hacked on your server(s). You can learn more about linux using someone else's system and then move to managing your own servers as the business grows. At least find someone to sit with you and help setting it up, you need to know this stuff in your sleep if you're going run a hosting business... Cheers, Chris H. On 31/05/16 16:41, Julian wrote: > I can connect through the ip but not domain name > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris > Hellyar > Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 4:03 PM > To: Canterbury Linux Users Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Linux-users] Help > > Hi Julian, > > Sorry, you've not really got enough information there so we can start > looking at it. > > Is the web server in the cloud, or physically on the network in the same > room? Are there firewall(s) in between you and the server, what SFTP > client, can you sftp from localhost on the web server.. > > You say you can't connect to the host domain, does it work via IP? Is the > DNS configured correctly and resolving from the client? > > Sooooo many things we don't know to help you resolve the problem. > > :-) > > Cheers, Chris H. > > On 31/05/16 15:46, Julian wrote: >> I am using Virtualmin for my web hosting and I am using a domain and I >> have sftp setup but it won't let me connect with the Host domain? >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris >> Hellyar >> Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2016 3:11 PM >> To: Canterbury Linux Users Group <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Linux-users] Help >> >> http://www.sentora.org/ >> >> I use this for one customer who wanted a control panel but had no >> money to spend on one of the commercial options, and I would now >> recommend it ahead of cpanel/plesk etc, although I do not use a >> control panel on any of my own servers now as it's not the market I'm in. >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
