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I am working on a Debian Linux distribution. I have root access and rights on the Virtual instance, but we have lost our programmer (long, bad story). Now I (not a programmer) am tasked with trying to get into the backend of our website which includes MySQL.db and other things.
Problem is I have no ftp user and password that works for pure-ftpd that is installed. I created a new virtual user and am able to login with FileZilla, but I seem to be Chrooted to my own directory.
I have searched and tried to find out how to get to other directories by changing the permissions of the home file and have not found an answer. I changed the files permissions with Chmod to 755 for testing. Upon logging in with FileZilla and trying to upload a file to the directory that is shown I get
: Ftp get error: 553 Can't open that file: Permission denied ...
Would it be easier to just uninstall and re-install pure-ftpd since all the past users are inconsequential?
user3259667
Posted 2018-08-09T07:14:20.390
Reputation: 11
I will eventually have to get an ftp working so that I can transfer files instead of moving them using -bash. That is why I am asking about the ftp. Would it be easier to re-install the pure-ftp and reconfigure it for non TLS or can I do that since I am on a virtual server. – user3259667 – 2018-08-09T07:40:38.590
If u have SSH access then better to use WinSCP over SFTP, much more secure without chroot and without hassle of FTP protocol. – Alex – 2018-08-09T07:56:17.893
Welcome to Super User! Please edit your post so that it is not a wall of text. Splitting it into paragraphs (by using a double
– robinCTS – 2018-08-09T08:11:45.433Enter) makes it much easier to read. Also, please don't add supplementary info in a comment. Add it to the question instead. Please take the [Tour] and read the [Ask] page to better familiarise yourself with this site.Thanks Alex, I am not that familiar with the command line. I am also using a Mac. I will do some look ups on WinSCP. – user3259667 – 2018-08-09T11:25:48.453