Niklas, Thanks for quick response. I have added the relevant information at the end.
Thanks. Bill (1) Configuration file snippet <server xmlns="http://mina.apache.org/ftpserver/spring/v1"; xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; xsi:schemaLocation=" http://mina.apache.org/ftpserver/spring/v1 http://mina.apache.org/ftpserver/ftpserver-1.0.xsd " id="myServer"> <listeners> <nio-listener name="default" port="2121"> <ssl> <keystore file="./res/ftpserver.jks" password="password" /> </ssl> </nio-listener> </listeners> <file-user-manager file="./res/conf/users.properties" encrypt-passwords="clear" /> </server> (2) Properties file snippet ftpserver.user.novus.userpassword= ftpserver.user.novus.homedirectory=/home/novus/bss ftpserver.user.novus.enableflag=true ftpserver.user.novus.writepermission=false ftpserver.user.novus.maxloginnumber=20 ftpserver.user.novus.maxloginperip=2 ftpserver.user.novus.idletime=300 ftpserver.user.novus.uploadrate=0 ftpserver.user.novus.downloadrate=0 (3) ftpd log file [ INFO] 2010-10-04 10:52:12,739 [] [] Refreshing org.springframework.context.support.filesystemxmlapplicationcont...@3889 93: displa y name [org.springframework.context.support.filesystemxmlapplicationcont...@388 993]; startup date [Mon Oct 04 10:52:12 CDT 2010]; r oot of context hierarchy [ INFO] 2010-10-04 10:52:13,002 [] [] Loading XML bean definitions from file [/home/novus/bss/apache-ftpserver-1.0.4/res/conf/ftpd- typical.xml] [ INFO] 2010-10-04 10:52:15,685 [] [] Bean factory for application context [org.springframework.context.support.FileSystemXmlApplic ationcont...@388993]: org.springframework.beans.factory.support.defaultlistablebeanfact...@fef e3f [ INFO] 2010-10-04 10:52:15,763 [] [] Pre-instantiating singletons in org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBean fact...@fefe3f: defining beans [org.apache.ftpserver.listener.ListenerFactory#0,org.apache.ftpserver.us ermanager.PropertiesUserMana gerFactory#0,org.apache.ftpserver.FtpServerFactory#0,myServer]; root of factory hierarchy [ INFO] 2010-10-04 10:52:16,839 [] [] FTP server started [ INFO] 2010-10-04 10:52:28,993 [] [163.231.197.171] CREATED [ INFO] 2010-10-04 10:52:29,053 [] [163.231.197.171] OPENED [ INFO] 2010-10-04 10:52:29,101 [] [163.231.197.171] SENT: 220 Service ready for new user.^M [ INFO] 2010-10-04 10:52:31,582 [] [163.231.197.171] RECEIVED: USER novus [ INFO] 2010-10-04 10:52:31,592 [novus] [163.231.197.171] SENT: 331 User name okay, need password for novus.^M [ INFO] 2010-10-04 10:52:33,072 [novus] [163.231.197.171] RECEIVED: PASS ***** [ INFO] 2010-10-04 10:52:33,103 [novus] [163.231.197.171] Login success - novus [ INFO] 2010-10-04 10:52:33,134 [novus] [163.231.197.171] RECEIVED: SYST [ INFO] 2010-10-04 10:52:33,135 [novus] [163.231.197.171] SENT: 230 User logged in, proceed.^M [ INFO] 2010-10-04 10:52:33,136 [novus] [163.231.197.171] SENT: 215 UNIX Type: Apache FtpServer^M [ INFO] 2010-10-04 10:53:54,682 [novus] [163.231.197.171] RECEIVED: PASV [ INFO] 2010-10-04 10:53:54,697 [novus] [163.231.197.171] SENT: 227 Entering Passive Mode (167,68,147,153,210,240)^M [ INFO] 2010-10-04 10:53:54,698 [novus] [163.231.197.171] RECEIVED: STOR README1.txt [ INFO] 2010-10-04 10:53:54,713 [novus] [163.231.197.171] SENT: 550 /README1.txt: Permission denied.^M (4) User FTP session /novus/users/novus $ftp santafe 2121 Connected to santafe.westlan.com. 220 Service ready for new user. Name (santafe:novus): novus 331 User name okay, need password for novus. Password: 230 User logged in, proceed. Remote system type is UNIX. ftp> passive Passive mode on. ftp> send README.txt README1.txt 227 Entering Passive Mode (167,68,147,153,210,240) 550 /README1.txt: Permission denied. ftp> -----Original Message----- From: Niklas Gustavsson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 10:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: file permission and user authentication On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 4:53 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > What do I need to do with respect to user authentication that will allow > me to send a file to a remote system where I am running the FTP server. > I have tried creating a user in properties file with same user name and > password to match an existing Unix user. However, I keep on getting > permission denied error when I try to send/put a file. Could you provide us with the log output when you get this error and your configuration (with any sensitive parts removed)? /niklas
