From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 29 15:59:06 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1FA716A46E for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:59:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dineshpandian@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A61DC13C480 for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:59:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dineshpandian@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k17so1386778waf for ; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 08:59:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=lAPMgYdMs5KZxEwPRJoC4HCj8o4Yf4SgCfhhssqG6vLBq9+2osILxmcg2+CJ9WfZQ/H3l8mvz6B3tW44rTT/4V/K08hc+k6UP06gh5LdreMjBLS+4EebRHk+fcdlo+q1b0FbOZgmNEwF4za6F1Rxmc9aiD4yZoWNP9qpIbL4aUw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=mUaNowscUdHLKqrhr6Q3xrWdL2nWxxvXGMimkHZsyRRJMys9itfY16k3+GfwLggVeRw+AjR6L8f2Kdpv0m68/+w2itvEE68JxZ6+YpYDmYs7IvbqlOL0LD7gR8Ch4hm5DbgBgvZB0LNalPWvWqzXXnAKCVkfJxjO060jtTMaGWU= Received: by 10.114.173.15 with SMTP id v15mr4769860wae.1185724745066; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 08:59:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.74.3 with HTTP; Sun, 29 Jul 2007 08:59:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3ea3ac8f0707290859t39a9703ci31f8b7aa672f772c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:59:04 +0800 From: "Dinesh Pandian" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <3ea3ac8f0707290403s177180abj46a2a406f6b51e5d@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <3ea3ac8f0707290403s177180abj46a2a406f6b51e5d@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: unable to "SITE CHMOD" via ftp (all users) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:59:06 -0000 Sorry guys. It was as simple as chowning the files properly. Not sure how I overlooked that! Extremely sorry for the trouble. Solved the problem. Have a great day, guys. Regards, Dinesh On 7/29/07, Dinesh Pandian wrote: > > Good day to all. > I use proftpd 1.3.1rc3 from the ports and I'm unable to chmod > any files in the home directory when logged in as any user. > > The following is my proftpd.conf file, though I believe > it's the proftpd's fault. Same error is found in pure-ftpd, > even when chmod is allowed in both ftpd's conf files. > > > AllowAll > > > > AllowForeignAddress on > AllowRetrieveRestart on > AllowStoreRestart on > IdentLookups off > DefaultRoot ~ > > > I believe it's some permission problems with > the users in freebsd itself and has nothing to do > with the ftp server programs. The following is output > from uname -a: > > FreeBSD solara.com.my 6.2-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p5 #3: Tue Jul 24 > 16:20:42 MYT 2007 > root@solara.com.my:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SOLARA i386 > > I've been trying to find a solution for quite some time, > and write to this group as a last resort. Please help. > TIA. > > -- > Regards, > Dinesh Pandian, > -- Regards, Dinesh Pandian, SOLARA Networks.