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Linux Permissions vsftpd

I have mybb installed and running in /var/www/forums. I have two users part of the www group, logan and www-data. I have the recursive permissions of forums directory set to: chmod -R 755 forums ...
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vsftpd on Ubuntu not obeying filesystem permissions

I'm trying to set an FTP upload to a web root on Ubuntu 12.04 using vsftp. The user has a local account, username_ftp. I changed their home to their web root in /etc/passwd. ...
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unable to connect ftp in pasive mode

I'm try to connect to ftp which I've just configured but using FileZilla, I'm getting the following logs Status: Connecting to x.x.x.x:21... Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome ...
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getting 553 - cannot create file in vsftpd (ubuntu 12.04)

I'm trying to setup a ftp account for a user that has read/write access to one folder: /items/myuser I've set up the account with username 'myuser' in Linux with the adduser command. After that, I've ...
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FTP Upload Hook [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to run a command when a directory's contents are updated? I need to be notified and perform other tasks when a file is uploaded onto my server. Is there any ...
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Local ftp access [closed]

I had a strange situation where I was setting up a small network all with fixed IPs. I had a NAS drive that I had enabled ftp on. I was using ubuntu 10.10, when I used the 'connect to server' menu I ...
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Cannot FTP more than 5791 bytes

On my home Kubuntu 11.10 machine I have discovered that I cannot upload via FTP any single files that is larger than 5791 bytes. I have tried to two different FTP servers (not anonymous rather my ...
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Permisions overwritten when files are transfered via FTP. What to do?

Got my web server up and running using apache2 with the ability to ftp to /var/www folder. However, if I make an update to .html and copied over the file via ftp, the file's permisions become more ...
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What is the easiest way to set up a FTP server single signon pointing to /var/www?

I've tried following numerous tutorials found on the net. The setup always starts out simple like sudo apt-get intstall vsftpd and then goes into edditing the /etc/vsftp.conf file. This is where ...
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Hiding files on FTP server

I have an Ubuntu server and I run an FTP server on it. I changed its folder structure and want to restrict access of users to some of the files not all of them in a way that other files be hidden to ...
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SSH, FTP, HTTP stopped working

I'm facing a problem with a Linux webserver of mine. It's a VM Ubuntu 10.4 LTS which runs a Wordpress network site. Out of the blue with no changes being made on the back end, ftp has stopped as has ...
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How to limit ftp access to multiple places for one user

I don't even know how to write the correct question since it is a little confusing to ask it. Here is the problem. User X would like FTP access to /user/x folder and to /var/www/x folder. How can I ...
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Is there a way to write a script to do ftp login so I don't have to type things over and over again?

I am recently working extensively with a remote system via ftp connection, since the session time is so short that I have to re-login quite often when I finish my work on my local machine, so I need a ...
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Default File Permissions - Ubuntu & VSFTPD

I have a server setup with Ubuntu, Apache2 and VSFTPD. We virtual host several sites on this machine. Typically, I use the same process to set up the new sites, but the default permissions for some ...
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FTP client with a good GUI?

I love linux because I get control over my system. But I do herald from the school of mac, where things are simple, beautiful, and powerful. I like it that way, as opposed to having lots of knobs and ...