[NTLUG:Discuss] ftp permissions issue

[Jack Snodgrass]

On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 10:29, fredjame wrote:

>  From one *nix box to another...
> ftp connects, and login is accepted.
> can navigate directory structure and view directory list
> can "put" file to home directory
> cannot "put" file to another user's directory even though we both belong 
> to the same primary group.
> permissions are drwxr-xrwx and the files belong to
>   - owner: otheruser
>   - group: commongroup
> Any clues would be greatly appreciated.


if the ftp server is something like proftpd, it has it's own write
permission 
rules. It may be that it is preventing the writing. You should see if
you 
are using proftpd and if so... look at it's .conf file. 

jack