Author: Mike Burrows Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] vsftpd confusion
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> I am messing with the above on my home Ubuntu Hardy Server. When I
> first set up the ftp server I could login anonymously but could not
> upload. Makes sense as the permissions on the default /home/ftp
> directory have to be changed. So per the advice chmodded them to 777.
> But then when I logout I cannot log back in. Changing permissions to
> 755 allows the login again but then I cannot upload!
> I should add that I had changed vsftpd.conf to allow anon upload.
As an addition the anonymous user cant download files, regardless of the
/home/ftp folder permissions. :(