FTPSClient returns MalformedServerReplyException: cannot parse response code

java apache-commons ftps
bouncingHippo picture bouncingHippo · Mar 25, 2013 · Viewed 28.8k times · Source

I have an SFTP connection set up. I used WinCSP and Filezilla and the test server is working no problem. The java code is from the apache commons-net 2.0 and it gives me the unexpected error

Code

private String ftpServer="XXX.xx.x.XX";
private int ftpPort=99;
private String ftpUserName="myUserName";
private String ftpPassword="myPassword";

FTPSClient ftp = null;
        try{
            ftp = new FTPSClient();
            ftp.connect(hostname, port)
        } catch (Exception e){
           Logger.debug(e)
        }

Stacktrace

Server reply:SSH-2.0-WeOnlyDo-wodFTPD 2.3.6.165
org.apache.commons.net.MalformedServerReplyException: Could not parse response code.
at org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTP.__getReply(FTP.java:315)
    at org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTP._connectAction_(FTP.java:364)
    at org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPClient._connectAction_(FTPClient.java:540)
    at org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPSClient._connectAction_(FTPSClient.java:167)
    at org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient.connect(SocketClient.java:178)
    at myHomeFtpService.getFtpConnection(HomeFtpService.java:40)

Answer

Raymond Tau picture Raymond Tau · Mar 25, 2013

Since you are connecting to an SSH server using FTP client. FTPS and SFTP are two different protocols.

Both WinSCP and Filezilla works fine because they supports SFTP.

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