FTP - Lack of ability to write data

[Naurek]

I recently used the HOW TO page to set up the FTP for my server. I went into the vsftpd.conf file through vi and changed the appropriate settings. I noticed that write_enable=YES was already uncommented, as was local_enable=YES.

I am able to log onto the FTP, but am not able to write any files. I have checked time and time again, and all of my settings are correct. Here is the snippet of the changes...


# Allow anonymous FTP? (Beware - allowed by default if you comment this out).
anonymous_enable=NO
#
# Uncomment this to allow local users to log in.
local_enable=YES
#
# Uncomment this to enable any form of FTP write command.
write_enable=YES

...

# It is recommended that you define on your system a unique user which the
# ftp server can use as a totally isolated and unprivileged user.
nopriv_user=ftpsecure
chroot_local_user=YES

I did also restart the FTP server, and was able to log in (before I was not). Anyone have any idea why I am not able to add files?

Thank you.

[Naurek]

I figured this one out. The problem was that the directories which I was trying to delete were in a different group. Once I added myself to the group, I could do whatever I needed to do via FTP.

Hope this helps another novice Linux user.