server unexpectedly closed connection

[popeye]

Hi can anyone please advice what i need to do please, when i login via winSCP or Puttyi i get this error below and the only way to fix it is reboot the server then it all works fine for a few days ?

server unexpectedly closed connection

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello

Check the following log file after logging in to see if you notice any specific entries at the time of the last failure:

/var/log/secure

Also, do you have any third-party firewall rules enabled that could be blocking the connection? Does the issue persist when you disable any such firewall rules?

Thank you.

 

[popeye]

Hi yes i found it the firewall csf when i turn it off i can login fine,

I need to add my I.P to the I.P tables but unsure how to.

 

[cPanelMichael]

There is a "Quick Allow" option in the CSF user-interface available in Web Host Manager that you can use to white list your IP address.

Thank you.

 

[popeye]

Yes done that ages ago, perhaps its something else i need to do.

 

[cPanelMichael]

You may want to post directly to the ConfigServer forums for assistance with CSF if you feel it's a separate option in the CSF configuraton that is terminating the connection.

Thank you.

 

[quietFinn]

If CSF/LFD is blocking your IP you should see in in
/var/log/lfd.log