Incorrect Permissions for FTP user's home directory. . .

[pi.boy.travis]

Hi! I have enabled anonymous uploads for my vsftpd powered FTP server. Not to worry, as it is behind a firewall. However, I think the permissions are wrong for the ftp user's directory, as I get a "Permission denied" error. What are the correct permissions for /home/ftp?

Thanks in Advance!

[k33bz]

Hi! I have enabled anonymous uploads for my vsftpd powered FTP server. Not to worry, as it is behind a firewall. However, I think the permissions are wrong for the ftp user's directory, as I get a "Permission denied" error. What are the correct permissions for /home/ftp?

Thanks in Advance!

Hi, are you wanting permissions from just your self or for anyone, or just a group of people?

[pi.boy.travis]

Thanks for the reply!

Yes, anyone should have access to the ftp directory. This server is for my computer behind my firewall to share files. I was using samba, but I figured FTP would be faster and better suit my Linux clients.

[k33bz]

Thanks for the reply!

Yes, anyone should have access to the ftp directory. This server is for my computer behind my firewall to share files. I was using samba, but I figured FTP would be faster and better suit my Linux clients.

if you want everyone to have full access to that file do this
in the cli

chmod 777 /home/ftp

[pi.boy.travis]

if you want everyone to have full access to that file do this
in the cli

chmod 777 /home/ftp

WOW. . . that was easy. . .

Thanks!

[pi.boy.travis]

OK, now I am having some issues:

If I access the server using firefox, I get: ERROR500, child died

If I use nautilus, I get: Could not open anonymous@192.168.1.150, nautilus can't handle 'ftp' locations. Same thing if I use the 'Connect to server' dialog

If I use gFTP, I can upload files and create directories, but I can't delete anything. Is there a way to allow my clients to delete files?

[k33bz]

using chmod 777 would allow complete access to the file or directory, read, edit, even execute, for everyone. I am not sure why you are not able to delete them.

Have you tried using it through your actual IP address and not your local IP apdress?

[pi.boy.travis]

OK, I did some research, and it turns out that vsftpd gets upset if you change the ftp user's home directory's permissions. So, I tried it with a folder I made inside /home/ftp and it worked, but I still can't delete files. I think that perhaps this is by design, you wouldn't want someone else to be able to delete your files, would you?