CentOS 6 VSFTP 553 Could not create file

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I installed vsftpd yesterday on CentOS 6, however didn't get a chance to test it today. When I went to upload a test file it's coming back and giving me this error:



553 Could not create file


After some quick googling the information I found on resolving the error, including this post were already things I tried...



  • Confirm user that is connecting to FTP is a part of the group that owns the directory

  • Confirm the vsftpd.conf file has write_enable set to true

I even went so far as to test changing the group on the whole path down to the destination folder.




EDIT:



Just to expand on this, at the time I did ensure that the modes on the
directories were set appropriately as well.



What I ended up doing was uninstalling vsftpd and re-installing from
yum. After I did this things worked appropriately. So I'm convinced
it was a setting in vsftpd.conf file. However I didn't save a copy
of it to do a diff off of to confirm.



Hopefully someone else who has had the same problem with the same
symptoms and found out what the cause was can accurately answer this
question here for someone else who comes along.











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    I installed vsftpd yesterday on CentOS 6, however didn't get a chance to test it today. When I went to upload a test file it's coming back and giving me this error:



    553 Could not create file


    After some quick googling the information I found on resolving the error, including this post were already things I tried...



    • Confirm user that is connecting to FTP is a part of the group that owns the directory

    • Confirm the vsftpd.conf file has write_enable set to true

    I even went so far as to test changing the group on the whole path down to the destination folder.




    EDIT:



    Just to expand on this, at the time I did ensure that the modes on the
    directories were set appropriately as well.



    What I ended up doing was uninstalling vsftpd and re-installing from
    yum. After I did this things worked appropriately. So I'm convinced
    it was a setting in vsftpd.conf file. However I didn't save a copy
    of it to do a diff off of to confirm.



    Hopefully someone else who has had the same problem with the same
    symptoms and found out what the cause was can accurately answer this
    question here for someone else who comes along.











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      I installed vsftpd yesterday on CentOS 6, however didn't get a chance to test it today. When I went to upload a test file it's coming back and giving me this error:



      553 Could not create file


      After some quick googling the information I found on resolving the error, including this post were already things I tried...



      • Confirm user that is connecting to FTP is a part of the group that owns the directory

      • Confirm the vsftpd.conf file has write_enable set to true

      I even went so far as to test changing the group on the whole path down to the destination folder.




      EDIT:



      Just to expand on this, at the time I did ensure that the modes on the
      directories were set appropriately as well.



      What I ended up doing was uninstalling vsftpd and re-installing from
      yum. After I did this things worked appropriately. So I'm convinced
      it was a setting in vsftpd.conf file. However I didn't save a copy
      of it to do a diff off of to confirm.



      Hopefully someone else who has had the same problem with the same
      symptoms and found out what the cause was can accurately answer this
      question here for someone else who comes along.











      share|improve this question















      I installed vsftpd yesterday on CentOS 6, however didn't get a chance to test it today. When I went to upload a test file it's coming back and giving me this error:



      553 Could not create file


      After some quick googling the information I found on resolving the error, including this post were already things I tried...



      • Confirm user that is connecting to FTP is a part of the group that owns the directory

      • Confirm the vsftpd.conf file has write_enable set to true

      I even went so far as to test changing the group on the whole path down to the destination folder.




      EDIT:



      Just to expand on this, at the time I did ensure that the modes on the
      directories were set appropriately as well.



      What I ended up doing was uninstalling vsftpd and re-installing from
      yum. After I did this things worked appropriately. So I'm convinced
      it was a setting in vsftpd.conf file. However I didn't save a copy
      of it to do a diff off of to confirm.



      Hopefully someone else who has had the same problem with the same
      symptoms and found out what the cause was can accurately answer this
      question here for someone else who comes along.








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          That group should have rwx permissions on that folder. If not run



          chmod 775 <directory>





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          • While technically correct, and I should edit the original question to highlight this, this did not resolve the issue at the time either. What I ended up doing was uninstalling vsftpd, and reinstalling through yum again. After that everything worked appropriately. Leading me to believe that the issue was in the conf file somewhere. However I unfortunately didn't save the original vsftpd.conf to do a diff between the two.
            – Mike Keller
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          You need to run the following commands to allow in SELinux upload and edit files:



          setsebool -P allow_ftpd_full_access on
          setsebool -P ftp_home_dir on





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          • Did the trick for me. However, it's tftp_home_dir by now.
            – BurninLeo
            Jan 16 at 12:54

















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          in the ftp root dir



          setsebool -P tftp_home_dir on
          setsebool -P ftpd_full_access on


          did work for me






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            setsebool -P ftpd_full_access 1





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            That group should have rwx permissions on that folder. If not run



            chmod 775 <directory>





            share|improve this answer




















            • While technically correct, and I should edit the original question to highlight this, this did not resolve the issue at the time either. What I ended up doing was uninstalling vsftpd, and reinstalling through yum again. After that everything worked appropriately. Leading me to believe that the issue was in the conf file somewhere. However I unfortunately didn't save the original vsftpd.conf to do a diff between the two.
              – Mike Keller
              Nov 8 '12 at 4:05














            up vote
            4
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            That group should have rwx permissions on that folder. If not run



            chmod 775 <directory>





            share|improve this answer




















            • While technically correct, and I should edit the original question to highlight this, this did not resolve the issue at the time either. What I ended up doing was uninstalling vsftpd, and reinstalling through yum again. After that everything worked appropriately. Leading me to believe that the issue was in the conf file somewhere. However I unfortunately didn't save the original vsftpd.conf to do a diff between the two.
              – Mike Keller
              Nov 8 '12 at 4:05












            up vote
            4
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            up vote
            4
            down vote









            That group should have rwx permissions on that folder. If not run



            chmod 775 <directory>





            share|improve this answer












            That group should have rwx permissions on that folder. If not run



            chmod 775 <directory>






            share|improve this answer












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            answered Nov 7 '12 at 20:05









            Laurentiu Roescu

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            • While technically correct, and I should edit the original question to highlight this, this did not resolve the issue at the time either. What I ended up doing was uninstalling vsftpd, and reinstalling through yum again. After that everything worked appropriately. Leading me to believe that the issue was in the conf file somewhere. However I unfortunately didn't save the original vsftpd.conf to do a diff between the two.
              – Mike Keller
              Nov 8 '12 at 4:05
















            • While technically correct, and I should edit the original question to highlight this, this did not resolve the issue at the time either. What I ended up doing was uninstalling vsftpd, and reinstalling through yum again. After that everything worked appropriately. Leading me to believe that the issue was in the conf file somewhere. However I unfortunately didn't save the original vsftpd.conf to do a diff between the two.
              – Mike Keller
              Nov 8 '12 at 4:05















            While technically correct, and I should edit the original question to highlight this, this did not resolve the issue at the time either. What I ended up doing was uninstalling vsftpd, and reinstalling through yum again. After that everything worked appropriately. Leading me to believe that the issue was in the conf file somewhere. However I unfortunately didn't save the original vsftpd.conf to do a diff between the two.
            – Mike Keller
            Nov 8 '12 at 4:05




            While technically correct, and I should edit the original question to highlight this, this did not resolve the issue at the time either. What I ended up doing was uninstalling vsftpd, and reinstalling through yum again. After that everything worked appropriately. Leading me to believe that the issue was in the conf file somewhere. However I unfortunately didn't save the original vsftpd.conf to do a diff between the two.
            – Mike Keller
            Nov 8 '12 at 4:05












            up vote
            2
            down vote













            You need to run the following commands to allow in SELinux upload and edit files:



            setsebool -P allow_ftpd_full_access on
            setsebool -P ftp_home_dir on





            share|improve this answer




















            • Did the trick for me. However, it's tftp_home_dir by now.
              – BurninLeo
              Jan 16 at 12:54














            up vote
            2
            down vote













            You need to run the following commands to allow in SELinux upload and edit files:



            setsebool -P allow_ftpd_full_access on
            setsebool -P ftp_home_dir on





            share|improve this answer




















            • Did the trick for me. However, it's tftp_home_dir by now.
              – BurninLeo
              Jan 16 at 12:54












            up vote
            2
            down vote










            up vote
            2
            down vote









            You need to run the following commands to allow in SELinux upload and edit files:



            setsebool -P allow_ftpd_full_access on
            setsebool -P ftp_home_dir on





            share|improve this answer












            You need to run the following commands to allow in SELinux upload and edit files:



            setsebool -P allow_ftpd_full_access on
            setsebool -P ftp_home_dir on






            share|improve this answer












            share|improve this answer



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            • Did the trick for me. However, it's tftp_home_dir by now.
              – BurninLeo
              Jan 16 at 12:54
















            • Did the trick for me. However, it's tftp_home_dir by now.
              – BurninLeo
              Jan 16 at 12:54















            Did the trick for me. However, it's tftp_home_dir by now.
            – BurninLeo
            Jan 16 at 12:54




            Did the trick for me. However, it's tftp_home_dir by now.
            – BurninLeo
            Jan 16 at 12:54










            up vote
            0
            down vote













            in the ftp root dir



            setsebool -P tftp_home_dir on
            setsebool -P ftpd_full_access on


            did work for me






            share|improve this answer
























              up vote
              0
              down vote













              in the ftp root dir



              setsebool -P tftp_home_dir on
              setsebool -P ftpd_full_access on


              did work for me






              share|improve this answer






















                up vote
                0
                down vote










                up vote
                0
                down vote









                in the ftp root dir



                setsebool -P tftp_home_dir on
                setsebool -P ftpd_full_access on


                did work for me






                share|improve this answer












                in the ftp root dir



                setsebool -P tftp_home_dir on
                setsebool -P ftpd_full_access on


                did work for me







                share|improve this answer












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                answered Aug 31 at 15:24









                kadir malak

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                    setsebool -P ftpd_full_access 1





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                      Can you please extend you answer. One line answer with just a command is not counted as helpful
                      – Romeo Ninov
                      Sep 6 '16 at 7:55














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                    setsebool -P ftpd_full_access 1





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                      Can you please extend you answer. One line answer with just a command is not counted as helpful
                      – Romeo Ninov
                      Sep 6 '16 at 7:55












                    up vote
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                    up vote
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                    setsebool -P ftpd_full_access 1





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                    setsebool -P ftpd_full_access 1






                    share|improve this answer














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                    edited Sep 6 '16 at 9:38









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                    answered Sep 6 '16 at 7:34









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                      Can you please extend you answer. One line answer with just a command is not counted as helpful
                      – Romeo Ninov
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                      Can you please extend you answer. One line answer with just a command is not counted as helpful
                      – Romeo Ninov
                      Sep 6 '16 at 7:55







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                    Can you please extend you answer. One line answer with just a command is not counted as helpful
                    – Romeo Ninov
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