Not sure what you mean "it won't let you." As root, use: cd /var/ftp chmod 777 incoming If that doesn't work, let's take this off the list. write me directly at jimkutsch at yahoo.com. Jim Kutsch Morristown, NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Norman" <cnorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 11:35 Subject: RE: chmod Hi jim, I don't know what FTP demon it is, I started it with the command service vsftpd start. So I'm guessing it's VSFTPD (the very secure FTP demon). I have now set all the permissions on /usr/ftp to rx for all, and I have created an incoming directory under that. I want to set that to 777 but it won't let me. Any ideas why? I can't find anything in the config file (/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf) or the man page (vsftpd.conf) that say about that sort of thing. Cheers, -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Jim Kutsch Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 4:16 PM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: chmod Chris, the 'x' must be present for any directory access. Since you say only local users can access ftp and you want them all to read and write, why not just use 777? You still may need to configure your ftp's config. What ftp are you running? Jim Kutsch Morristown, NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Norman" <cnorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 05:25 Subject: RE: chmod Hi Jim, I want anyone to be able to access the files. Only local users can log into the FTP site though. Would I set the chown to root? I tried chmod -R go=rw /ftp aswell, but now I can't open the banner file (/ftp/.banner). Cheers, -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Jim Kutsch Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 1:44 AM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: chmod Create a directory under ftp called "incoming" or something like that. Then chmod it to 311 (d-wx--x--x). Chown it to ftp. This allows anyone to place things there and no one but local root to access or ls the items. This works with vsftpd on FC4. You might have to edit the .conf for your ftp daemon as well. Jim Kutsch Morristown, NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Norman" <cnorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>; "Richard Rothwell" <rrothwell at rnibncw.ac.uk> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 18:15 Subject: chmod Hi, I am trying to allow any users to put files on my ftp directory. The directory is located at "/ftp". I have tried so many different versions of chmod it is unreal and can't get the bugger to work. I need to allow everyone to write stuff there. Can anyone help me please? Cheers, _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
