FTP “Home directory not available” or sync issues on 185.27.134.214
Since a few days, we are seeing reports about people who are having various kinds of issues with FTP on their accounts.
Which components are affected by this issue
The issue seems to only occur on hosting accounts that have the Website IP 185.27.134.214.
What issues may you see
You will see one of two issues:
- You cannot connect to FTP at all. In FTP clients that show server error messages, you will see this as “421 Home directory not available - aborting”.
- You can connect to FTP, but any changes made to your files do not take effect on your website.
When will this issue be resolved
We are doing our best to get these issues resolved as soon as possible. Unfortunately, we don’t have enough details to tell how soon that will be.
What can you do to fix this
There are no currently known fixes you can do, but there may be some workarounds.
If FTP access is available, you can choose to backup all files and databases. After that, you can remove the domain from your account, and create a new account for the domain. Then, you can import your website on this new account.
Please note that moving to a new account will result in some downtime for your website (remember that your website is still accessible now), so please consider for yourself if being able to make changes to your files is more important than downtime (and the effort required to migrate the site).
We are aware of the issue and are doing our best to get this resolved as soon as possible.
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