I just "sort of" figured it out just a second ago. This gives me permission denied: ftp cd /home/www/squid send /usr/adam_utils/webreport.tar This works: ftp cd /home/www/squid send /usr/adam_utils/webreport.tar ./webreport.tar Not sure why. The server is wu-ftpd 2.6.1 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Gates" <dabozz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Adam Lang" <aalang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 11:04 AM Subject: Re: permission denied trying to FTP > what ftpd are you using? what permissions? what directory? send me a > little log file of what you do and i will try to help you out. seems like > just a wrong permissions on either the directory or the ftpd config needs > to be modified. > > > Hello. Having a problem that I haven't been able to find out exactly why > > it > > is happening. > > > > I am logged in as superuser and in the home directory. I open ftp to > > another one of my servers using a non-su account on the other server > > (which > > the account name exists on originating server as well). > > > > I do a send using absolute path to the file in a different directory. I > > get > > permission denied. Now, if I cd to the directory the file resides then > > start ftp, I can send it fine. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Adam Lang > > Systems Engineer > > Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company > > http://www.rutgersinsurance.com > > > > - > > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > > > -- > dabozz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
