Linux : vsFTPd 550 Permission denied error

By | January 22, 2016

Have you encountered the following error while doing upload or delete operation with vsFTPd server?

550 Permission denied error

Open your vsFTPd configuration file :

/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

Or :

/etc/vsftpd.conf

1. Locate the following parameter :

write_enable=YES

Set to YES or make sure it is not commented # (remove comment and reload the daemon).

2. If you do chroot your users, locate the following parameter :

allow_writeable_chroot=YES

Set to YES or make sure it is not commented # (remove comment and reload the daemon).

/etc/init.d/vsftpd restart