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| You may get this message when connecting to a server for the following reasons: | You may get this message when connecting to a server for the following reasons: | ||
| * You are trying to use WinSCP for a purpose for which it is not designed. [[requirements|WinSCP needs]] an SSH or FTP server to be installed at the other end (on the machine you want to connect to). In particular, you cannot easily use it to connect to another Windows workstation, since Windows does not have an %%SSH%% or %%FTP%% server included by default. Please refer to the guide to [[guide_exchange|exchanging files over Internet]]. | * You are trying to use WinSCP for a purpose for which it is not designed. [[requirements|WinSCP needs]] an SSH or FTP server to be installed at the other end (on the machine you want to connect to). In particular, you cannot easily use it to connect to another Windows workstation, since Windows does not have an %%SSH%% or %%FTP%% server included by default. Please refer to the guide to [[guide_exchange|exchanging files over Internet]]. | ||
| - | * You are trying to use [[protocol]] that the server does not support. Particularly you are trying SFTP/SCP (over %%SSH%%), but the server supports %%FTP%%; or vice versa. Check selected protocol on [[ui_login#session_settings|login dialog]]. Note that WinSCP defaults to %%SFTP%% protocol, while most other similar applications default to %%FTP%%. | + | * You are trying to use [[protocols|protocol]] that the server does not support. Particularly you are trying SFTP/SCP (over %%SSH%%), but the server supports %%FTP%%; or vice versa. Check selected protocol on [[ui_login#session_settings|login dialog]]. Note that WinSCP defaults to %%SFTP%% protocol, while most other similar applications default to %%FTP%%. |
| * The server is running on a non-standard port. Please make sure you enter actual port number on [[ui_login|login dialog]]. | * The server is running on a non-standard port. Please make sure you enter actual port number on [[ui_login|login dialog]]. | ||
| * You may need to connect through a proxy server, but you have not specified one on //[[ui_login_proxy|Proxy page]]// of Advanced Site Settings dialog. | * You may need to connect through a proxy server, but you have not specified one on //[[ui_login_proxy|Proxy page]]// of Advanced Site Settings dialog. | ||
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| ===== Other References ===== | ===== Other References ===== | ||
| - | SSH code of WinSCP is based on PuTTY. So if you are getting some error message while using [[protocol|SFTP or SCP protocols]] (particularly while connecting), you may check also the [[&url(puttydoc)/Chapter10.html|common error messages]] in PuTTY documentation. | + | SSH code of WinSCP is based on PuTTY. So if you are getting some error message while using [[protocols|SFTP or SCP protocols]] (particularly while connecting), you may check also the [[&url(puttydoc)/Chapter10.html|common error messages]] in PuTTY documentation. |
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