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Set up vsftpd but now I'm getting 550 Permission denied error

Posted July 19, 2013 140.6k views
Can anyone help me so I can use ftp to log into my virtual private server using filezilla.
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vic.palm2849 July 20, 2013
I found a solution on the net.

Here it is:

1. login as root (or sudo..) and do the following:

2. apt-get install python-software-properties

3. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:thefrontiergroup/vsftpd

4. sudo apt-get update

5. sudo apt-get install vsftpd

6. vi /etc/vsftpd.conf and add the following
allow_writeable_chroot=YES

7. sudo service vsftpd restart
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anantchavda4 June 22, 2017

Just follow this steps and you are good to go :)
Default linux ftp client doesn’t allow write [ mput will fail]
Be in superuser [su/sudo]
vi /etc/vsftpd.conf
uncomment follwing line
write_enable=YES
killall vsftpd
[ respawn again]
now you shouldn’t get access denied

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pablo July 19, 2013
How did you set it up?
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pablo July 19, 2013
Which ones?
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Faahlevi January 22, 2019

IT’S WORK!!!

just turn off your ‘firewall’

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vic.palm2849 July 19, 2013
I set it up per instructions.
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vic.palm2849 July 19, 2013
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-set-up-vsftpd-on-ubuntu-12-04
How To Set Up vsftpd on Ubuntu 12.04
by Etel Sverdlov
Vsftpd is a fast and secure FTP server. Installing an FTP server can assist you with uploading files to your droplet. This tutorial describes how to install and set up vsftpd on Ubuntu 12.04.
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pablo July 20, 2013
When is it that you get the 550 permission denied error? Are you able to log in via FileZilla?
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vic.palm2849 July 20, 2013
Yes I can log in. I'm still getting the same error even after reinstalling vsftpd. There's definately a permissions problem somewhere along the line but I don't know how to solve it.
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