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anonymous FTP not access FTP dir. chdir denied

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  1. scarar

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    Here is what I'm getting for an error using anonymous@mydomain.net:

    Status: Connecting to 45.63.11.179:21...
    Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message...
    Status: Logged in
    Status: Retrieving directory listing...
    Command: PWD
    Response: 257 "/" is your current location
    Command: TYPE I
    Response: 200 TYPE is now 8-bit binary
    Command: PORT 10,0,0,67,218,175
    Response: 200 PORT command successful
    Command: MLSD
    Response: 150 Connecting to port 55983
    Response: 421 chdir: Permission denied
    Error: Failed to retrieve directory listing
    Status: Connection closed by server

    and also without the @mydomain.net will list:
    421 Can't change directory to /var/ftp/ [/]
     
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    Hello :),

    You can not access any directory which is outside the user home directory trough FTP. If you want to access your /var directory then you need to access your server with SFTP using root user login details.
     
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    ok, ty. I had to add the default dir in my FTP client: /my_domain/public_ftp
     
    #3 scarar, Aug 30, 2016
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    I'm happy to see you were able to determine the cause of the error message. Thank you for updating us with the outcome.
     
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