proftpd problem

[jwantz at hpcc.noaa.gov]

Hi Igor, have you checked your current valid chroot within proftpd?  If 
it is set to a directory lower than incoming you definitely won't get 
anywhere!

     Jim Wantz WB0TFK
On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Igor Gueths wrote:

> Hi all. I am currently using proftpd-1.2.6rc2. I am having problems when
> attempting to designate incoming as an upload directory. Even when I chmod
> 777 /home/ftp/incoming and chown -R ftp /home/ftp, I still get a
> permission denied message when trying to upload anything. This even occurs
> when I try writing to my own home directory (/home/igueths). In the past,
> this used to work when I had anonymous access enabled. However, when I
> comment out all the anonymous directives in proftpd.conf, this method no
> longer works. Could upgrading to proftpd 1.41 fix this problem? Note
> however that I can download from any directory under /home/ftp just fine.
> Anyone have any ideas on this one? Thanks!
> 
> May you code in the power of the source,
> may the kernel, libraries, and utilities be with you,
> throughout all distributions until the end of the epoch.
> 
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