Re: [tlug] Oh, permissions, how I love constantly fighting thee

[Raymond Wan <rwan.kyoto@example.com>]

Hi Dave,


On 31/01/11 14:45, Dave M G wrote:
> TLUG,
>
> I'm trying to download a tar file from my server using the command ncftpget.
>
> It logs in successfully, finds the file, and then says:
>
> Cannot open local file //backup_20110130_-_212227.tar.gz for writing:
> Permission denied.
> ncftpget *.tar.gz: could not open file.
>
> So, I logged into the server and changed the permissions on the tar file
> to 777. Still no joy.
>
> Then, I checked the permissions of the local directory I'm downloading
> to, and made that 777 for the moment. And yet still no joy.
>
> Whose permissions are not being permitted?
>
> Any advice would be much appreciated.


Well, if you're downloading to a subdirectory, then you need 
permissions at every level above it.  But it seems like 
you're downloading to "/"?  Using sudo?  I guess a normal 
user can't download to there...have you tried downloading it 
to "/tmp" (even though it's probably too big to fit).

Ray