ftp/sftp

[Rick Stevens]

karlp at ourldsfamily.com wrote:
> I have a client who needs to be able to use ftp (wu-ftpd is running). They
> use ftp from inside the network and sftp from outside. Earlier today I
> setup the server (RH kernel 2.4.18-14) so their reports could be written
> from an AS400 to /var/www/html. Previously it was setup to go to
> /var/www/html/cmc. Since the change, sftp works but ftp doesn't.
> 
> Oh, major part. I changed the owner and group for their login from nnn to
> 48, the same as apache. Then I tested it and it worked fine. or so I
> thought.

The /var/www/html directory must be writable by user ID 48 or by their
group.  I'll bet the /var/www/html/cmc directory was owned by their old
UID.
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