I've not used vsftpd in a while but I suspect if you get stuck into the
documentation for it, you will find that it probably has in-built protection
against accessing directories with 777 permissions, as it is a fairly major
security issue.
--Peter
On 9 September 2011 05:32, Mike Burrows <testermike@???> wrote:
>
>
>> 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. :(
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