Not being able to put files in /pub is a normal part of anonymous ftp
configuration. It is a security issue -- you don't want anonymous strangers
using your site to swap software. So normally any given directory is set to
allow put OR allow get, but not both. If the default permissions were set up
right, you should be able to upload (put) to /pub/incoming .
The command to check directory permissions is "ls -l", same as a file (a
directory is, actually, sort of a file). You change them with "chmod".
BTW, being able to ftp as root is a bad idea (again, for security reasons).
If you don't have a file /etc/ftpusers, you might want to create one -- the
usual entries are root, news, uucp. (Don't be confused by the name --
ftpusers is a list of userids that CANNOT make ftp connections to the host.)
At 05:22 PM 1/26/99 -0500, Isaacson, Scott D. wrote:
>Thank you to everyone who have helped me out with suggestions on my problem.
>
>I've decided to just re-install Redhat 5.2 on the system try to start from
>scratch. I can log in to the linux box as anonymous and root now, but I
>cannot "put" any files in my pub directory. I get a message that says "PORT
>command successful" and immediately afterward get a "permission denied"
>error. Maybe it's a problem with permissions? I can't remember the command
>to check permissions on a directory off the top of my head so I'm stuck in
>the water on that one.
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