so I thought it'd be fun to make a LAMP server out of an old computer- dumb me

anywho my dumb ass has got the whole thing running but I can't seem to set my FTP up right to allow me full access, I can write to the folder but I can't delete anything, and this results in a lot of headaches; I guess the upside is I've been getting a lot of exercise running back and fourth from the server...

still does anyone know of the vsFTP or pureFTP code I have to modify to allow full access to anonymous users or setup new users?

 

I love lamp

 

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I haven't used Linux in a year or so, I'm more of a windows fan, but don't you just set folder permissions to 777 to allow complete access to the files? I don't think it has anything to do with the FTP software.

 

could be. chmod 777 for total access

 

Keep in mind though that having folders and files set to 777 is less secure. That may or may not be an issue with whatever you're doing. Another fix you can try is to see what user owns the file. Chanes are if it's root, you won't be able to delete it with an anonymous user. Again, I haven't used Linux in about a year so I could be way off base here. I remember having similar issues when we used Linux to host our Tomcat server. We could modify some files, but when it came time to delete them, we didn't have access. Turns out that our IT team took away our root privaleges (somehow, they didn't think developers needed to deploy jar files to the server). Anyway, they changed the owner of our deployment folder to our softdev login and the problem was solved.

 

make sure that the folders are owned by your FTP user/ group. Then, mode of 755 will work fine

 

Actually, i take that back....if all FTP users actions are executed by the FTP server's user, then 755 will work. If they are actual users on the server and part of the FTP group, you'll need 775 (this lets owner AND group write)

 

Thanks guys, I just set /srv/www/* to mode 777 and it's working

is there anyway to list active groups/users in the terminal? I'm pretty new to Linux but fluent in DOS so i'm not afraid of the command line- any basic tips or tricks for a n00b?

 

try 'who' with some flag and directory settings

http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/cmd/cmd.csp?path=w/who