Permission denied on SFTP
Hi there,
I am now trying to upload files to an account I have on my new server at Linode (I am using VirtualHosts).
Everything looks fine, except I can't upload files to my public_htmlfolder, at /var/www/html/website.com.com/public_html.
SFTP client does not uploads anything, and generates a lot of open for write: permission denied - Error - Transfer failederrors.
I have already added the public_htmlfolder to the group www-data, as well as added my own user to that group (I am logged at SFTP using this same user).
But, unfortunately, the issue still happening.
Someone could help me here, please?
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Well, it seems the issue was resolved, at least for now.
I tried to run:
sudo usermod -a -G www-data my_user
sudo chown -R www-data /var/www/html/website.com.com/public_html
sudo chgrp -R www-data /var/www/html/website.com.com/public_html
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/website.com.com/public_html
With the above I had, I think, added my user to the group www-data, changed the ownership of the directory to www-data, changed the directory to the group www-data and set the chmod permissions to 755.
But none of this solved the problem.
What has solved, at least I think and for now, was:
sudo chmod -R g+w /var/www/html/website.com.com/public_html
Well, I am now uploading the files through SFTP (Filezilla).
But, my new question is, please: the above procedures could cause any harm or problem to the server?
Thanks once again.
I run as:
| dir | owner | perm |
| ------------- |------------- | ----- |
| www | root | 775 |
| html | root | 755 |
| some domain | root | 775 |
| public-html | me (user) | 775 |
| index.html | me (user) | 775 |
There is one system I run called EspoCRM which runs in a sub-directory of a parent domain and it is owned by www-data… as mandated by the system developer.
Maybe this will help?
Hi @acanton77 ,
Thank you very much.
So you have public_html and all its subfolders running with your own user? What's the purpose of www-data, do you know?
I thought it must be used for public_html and similar stuff.
Do you know if there's some problem on what I've done, i.e., to run public_html with www-data ownership?