Question
Uploading files via FileZilla ending in failure
I was trying to upload a website that I’ve created onto a droplet server. Was able to login via FTP just fine (through FileZilla). When I tried moving my files to the /var/www directory it refused to upload the file. The reason for file transfer failure was that the directory was open for write: permission denied.
Here is the log:
Status: Starting upload of /Users/andrewp/Documents/FreelanceProjects/TechArtista+Kyte/kytesite/kytesite.html
Status: Retrieving directory listing…
Command: ls
Status: Listing directory /var/www/html
Command: put “/Users/andrewp/Documents/FreelanceProjects/TechArtista+Kyte/kytesite/kytesite.html” “kytesite.html”
Error: /var/www/html/kytesite.html: open for write: permission denied
Error: File transfer failed
Status: Retrieving directory listing…
Command: ls
Status: Listing directory /var/www/html
Status: Directory listing successful
More details:
- My droplet is running Ubuntu 12.04 and I’ve installed LAMP stack.
- I connected via SFTP, (port 22) on FileZilla
This is the first time I’ve done anything like this so help would be great :)
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