[SOLVED] vsftpd error 550 permission denied when trying to create file / folder

George_ · 07-10-2013, 10:20 AM

I am struggling to work out why when I try to ftp files to my debian server (running turnkey LAMP 12.1) I am getting a permission denied error (550 permission denied).

selinux is turned off, have checked this with sestatus and the file /etc/sysconfig/selinux doesnt exist.

I have the following settings in vsftp.conf:

Quote:

listen=YES

anonymous_enable=NO

write_enable=YES

dirmessage_enable=YES

use_localtime=YES

xferlog_enable=YES

connect_from_port_20=YES

data_connection_timeout=120

ftpd_banner=Welcome to SAMS FTP service.

chroot_local_user=YES

chroot_list_enable=NO

chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list

secure_chroot_dir=/var/run/vsftpd/empty

pam_service_name=vsftpd

rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/private/vsftpd.pem

log_ftp_protocol=YES

Am logging in with the cameraftp user, have given 777 permissions for testing and changed owner and group of the home folder to the user I am logging in with:

Quote:

cameraftp:x:1000:1001::/var/www/images/camera:/bin/sh

drwxrwxrwx 3 cameraftp cameraftp 4096 Jul 10 14:19 camera

Any ideas welcome.

Thanks

Linux MR · 07-11-2013, 12:11 AM

After changing the settings in vsftpd.conf did you restart the service?

Have the log files helped you narrow the culprit? (/var/log/secure)

And lastly since the file is nested in other directories are those other directories accessible by the user in question (in other words can the user access each folder var/, www/, images/, camera)?

Food for thought, hope it helps

George_ · 09-13-2013, 04:18 AM

Thanks, after a bit of tinkering it seemed to sart working, In fact I restarted the server so perhaps restarting the service would have helped.