Errors

Your password cannot contain a colon for SFTP

SFTP/password policy — account password contains a colon, rejected for SFTP.

Your password cannot contain a colon for SFTP

Product refuses SFTP use (or password sync) when the account password contains a colon. Message: change your account password first.

Why this happens

Some SFTP/auth pipelines treat : as a delimiter (login:password style). A colon in the password breaks parsing. Catalog string is locale-mapped; treat the advice literally.

Diagnose and fix

1. Account → Settings → Change password — choose a password without a colon.

2. Reconnect the SFTP client with the new password.

3. See Connect with SFTP / SFTP on storage nodes.

4. Distinct from username and password required (empty fields).

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