Unable to transfer file with FileZilla

HPC Technical
1

Dear HPC team,

I am using FileZilla to retrieve files from Baobab, but I noticed that for a few days now FileZilla fails to connect fully to Baobab.

I use:
host: sftp://login2.baobab.hpc.unige.ch
port: 22
Here is typically what FileZilla prints:

Status: Connecting to login2.baobab.hpc.unige.ch…
Status: Using username heritiem.
Status: Connected to login2.baobab.hpc.unige.ch
Error: Connection timed out after 20 seconds of inactivity
Error: Could not connect to server
Status: Waiting to retry…
Status: Connecting to login2.baobab.hpc.unige.ch…
Response: fzSftp started, protocol_version=11
Command: open heritiem@login2.baobab.hpc.unige.ch 22
Status: Using username heritiem.
Command: Pass: *********
Status: Connected to login2.baobab.hpc.unige.ch
Error: Connection timed out after 20 seconds of inactivity
Error: Could not connect to server

I have no issue with Yggdrasil however. I can download and upload files from Baobab from the Command prompt with pscp without any issues, using the same host name. I have the latest update of FileZilla.

Thanks in advance for your help,

Margaux

2

Hi,

I tried to connect to your account using filezilla. It is only working when I disable your .bashrc file.

Maybe the issue is that the process is doing too much time.

I would suggest that you move the content of your .bashrc to .profile.

Ref: linux - What are the functional differences between .profile .bash_profile and .bashrc - Server Fault

3

Thank you for your answer ! After checking my .bashrc, it looks like the conda setup was guilty for slowing things down (which is a known issue https://github.com/ContinuumIO/anaconda-issues/issues/10173), so by doing what conda suggests it now works like a charm.

Thanks again and have a nice afternoon,

Margaux