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I cannot change permissions or access several files

I'm trying to backup a website, however there are a few files that I cannot access. I tried using the cpanel file manager and ftp. I get permission denied, in ftp the attributes are 660 (owner and group can read/write). If I try changing this I get access denied. I tried logging in with the primary ftp account, and then created a new ftp, neither will let me access the files.
Any ideas?

rslqld

What is the current owner and group set to?

innovateusa

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ah.. it's set to user "3206" and group "3206" while everything else is set to the regular ftp login user. Should I try creating an ftp user called 3206 or do you know where to find that user in cpanel?

innovateusa

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I tried setting up 3206 as ftp, it still has the same permissions as my regular login. I also tried making a full backup from cpanel, it made a tar file of the entire site except for those files with the 3206 permission.

elf_bin

So the files are owned by a user called 3206 or uid=3206? Simple way to test, create a user with uid of 3206 by using the -u parameter of adduser. Then login as said person and attempt to read/write to the files.

rslqld

As above ^^

innovateusa

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where do I use the the adduser -u? In ftp or in cpanel somewhere?

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