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I noticed that the directory is a symlink<br />
so when I tried to create a new directory it kicked me out
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I noticed that the directory is a symlink
so when I tried to create a new directory it kicked me out

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I assume web server is not expected to change it's content, so it can happily suffice with g=wr...
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I assume web server is not expected to change it's content, so it can happily suffice with g=wr...

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Thank you all for sharing your expertise!!
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Thank you all for sharing your expertise!!

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Hi,<br />
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I trying to configure a user account to access the server using their existing sftp account &nbsp;but I am not able to find their profile. &nbsp;since its not a system account it does not show up in /etc/passwd. &nbsp;so I created a new system account that allows me to access the server but when I got to the /var/www the folder says empty even though their are files in the folder &nbsp;It seems I am receiving permission denied message.<br />
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My goal is to allow the user to have access to the folder and its sub directories. &nbsp;the permissions of the folder are:<br />
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drwx--x--- &nbsp;Web &nbsp; Testers &nbsp;Folder name<br />
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I appreciate any suggestions.
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Hi,

I trying to configure a user account to access the server using their existing sftp account  but I am not able to find their profile.  since its not a system account it does not show up in /etc/passwd.  so I created a new system account that allows me to access the server but when I got to the /var/www the folder says empty even though their are files in the folder  It seems I am receiving permission denied message.


My goal is to allow the user to have access to the folder and its sub directories.  the permissions of the folder are:

drwx--x---  Web   Testers  Folder name


I appreciate any suggestions.

unable to configure a user to access ubuntu server via sftp to access the /var/www folder

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