Submitted by whippy on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 02:33
After configuring my sites and returning to use FTP I got "Response: 550 .htaccess: Overwrite permission denied" when attempting to overwrite a file. I could delete and then upload the file but this error prevents subversion deployment scripts etc. from working.
I visited http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=384762 and applied the solution to modules.conf and it worked fine so I have an effective workaround.
I felt you should know that this problem can occur. I'm unsure why the 'global setting' for AllowOverwrite does not work.
I cannot tell exactly what I did to cause it but I updated the FTP directory permissions and reset them to their original values (which required restarting the proftpd service manually btw).
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Submitted by Locutus on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 04:25 Comment #1
This is odd, I can't really confirm this behavior. For me, also in a fresh install, overwriting existing files - that belong to the server user and have the proper permissions - works all okay.
Are you sure the file you tried to overwrite was owned by the server user? (Also, please be aware that the forum post you linked is from 5 years ago... A lot can have changed since then. :) )
My ProFTPD config has a
AllowOverwrite ondirective on top-level and nothing else in this regard. Version is 1.3.2c, and I use Ubuntu 10.04 too.Submitted by JamieCameron on Fri, 10/22/2010 - 12:49 Comment #2
Yeah, I'd be interested to know what an
ls -lon that file shows when run as root via SSH. It might simply have the wrong ownership ..