Hi I followed this document to set up the vsftpd on ubuntu
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-vsftpd-on-ubuntu-12-04
I can connect through ftp but cannot upload any file to the server.
I am logged in as a user with sudo permissions.
I'd strongly encourage you to use SFTP rather than FTP. Check out this article for the details. If you're able to connect to your droplet with SSH, than you should be all set to go with SFTP.
As for your specific question, how are you trying to upload the files? Are you using a client like Filezilla? What folder are you trying to put them? Does your user have write access there?
Hi Andrew,
I do not have ssh access to my droplet. I am using Filezilla and trying to write into the home folder for my user.
I ran sudo chown root:root /home/cnaptic
cnaptic is the user I am using.
Did you tried something like:
Helped in my case.