vsftpd Error 553 - Could not create file
 

Hello all.. I've searched the forums for a soulution to this problem. There were a few threads but none that I could find that worked for me.

I can successfully ftp from a windows box to my linux box (running FC4 and vsftpd). I login with my own user name, and I get placed in my home directory.
When I try to "put" a file, any file, I get the following error:

553 Could not create file

I have chmod 777 to my directory for testing.
I have turned off firewall.
I have disabled selinux.

I have been over and over my vsftpd.conf, which is pasted below.

I cannot get this to work and it's driving me crazy. Any suggestions are greatly apprecieated and a solution will get ya a beer!

# Example config file /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
#
# The default compiled in settings are fairly paranoid. This sample file
# loosens things up a bit, to make the ftp daemon more usable.
# Please see vsftpd.conf.5 for all compiled in defaults.
#
# READ THIS: This example file is NOT an exhaustive list of vsftpd options.
# Please read the vsftpd.conf.5 manual page to get a full idea of vsftpd's
# capabilities.
#
# Allow anonymous FTP? (Beware - allowed by default if you comment this out).
anonymous_enable=YES
#
# Uncomment this to allow local users to log in.
local_enable=YES
#
# Uncomment this to enable any form of FTP write command.
write_enable=YES
#
# Default umask for local users is 077. You may wish to change this to 022,
# if your users expect that (022 is used by most other ftpd's)
local_umask=022
#
[root@vhatomlinux vsftpd]# more vsftpd.conf
# Example config file /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
#
# The default compiled in settings are fairly paranoid. This sample file
# loosens things up a bit, to make the ftp daemon more usable.
# Please see vsftpd.conf.5 for all compiled in defaults.
#
# READ THIS: This example file is NOT an exhaustive list of vsftpd options.
# Please read the vsftpd.conf.5 manual page to get a full idea of vsftpd's
# capabilities.
#
# Allow anonymous FTP? (Beware - allowed by default if you comment this out).
anonymous_enable=YES
#
# Uncomment this to allow local users to log in.
local_enable=YES
#
# Uncomment this to enable any form of FTP write command.
write_enable=YES
#
# Default umask for local users is 077. You may wish to change this to 022,
# if your users expect that (022 is used by most other ftpd's)
local_umask=022
#
# Uncomment this to allow the anonymous FTP user to upload files. This only
# has an effect if the above global write enable is activated. Also, you will
# obviously need to create a directory writable by the FTP user.
#anon_upload_enable=YES
#
# Uncomment this if you want the anonymous FTP user to be able to create
# new directories.
#anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES
#
# Activate directory messages - messages given to remote users when they
# go into a certain directory.
dirmessage_enable=YES
#
# Activate logging of uploads/downloads.
xferlog_enable=YES
#
# Make sure PORT transfer connections originate from port 20 (ftp-data).
connect_from_port_20=YES
#
# If you want, you can arrange for uploaded anonymous files to be owned by
# a different user. Note! Using "root" for uploaded files is not
# recommended!
#chown_uploads=YES
#chown_username=whoever
#
# You may override where the log file goes if you like. The default is shown
# below.
#xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log
#
# If you want, you can have your log file in standard ftpd xferlog format
xferlog_std_format=YES
#
# You may change the default value for timing out an idle session.
#idle_session_timeout=600
#
# You may change the default value for timing out a data connection.
#data_connection_timeout=120
#
# It is recommended that you define on your system a unique user which the
# ftp server can use as a totally isolated and unprivileged user.
#nopriv_user=ftpsecure
#
# Enable this and the server will recognise asynchronous ABOR requests. Not
# recommended for security (the code is non-trivial). Not enabling it,
# however, may confuse older FTP clients.
#async_abor_enable=YES
#
# By default the server will pretend to allow ASCII mode but in fact ignore
# the request. Turn on the below options to have the server actually do ASCII
# mangling on files when in ASCII mode.
# Beware that turning on ascii_download_enable enables malicious remote parties
# to consume your I/O resources, by issuing the command "SIZE /big/file" in
# ASCII mode.
# These ASCII options are split into upload and download because you may wish
# to enable ASCII uploads (to prevent uploaded scripts etc. from breaking),
# without the DoS risk of SIZE and ASCII downloads. ASCII mangling should be
# on the client anyway..
ascii_upload_enable=YES
ascii_download_enable=YES
#
# You may fully customise the login banner string:
#ftpd_banner=Welcome to blah FTP service.
#
# You may specify a file of disallowed anonymous e-mail addresses. Apparently
# useful for combatting certain DoS attacks.
#deny_email_enable=YES
# (default follows)
#banned_email_file=/etc/vsftpd/banned_emails
#
# You may specify an explicit list of local users to chroot() to their home
# directory. If chroot_local_user is YES, then this list becomes a list of
# users to NOT chroot().
#chroot_list_enable=YES
# (default follows)
#chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd/chroot_list
#
# You may activate the "-R" option to the builtin ls. This is disabled by
# default to avoid remote users being able to cause excessive I/O on large
# sites. However, some broken FTP clients such as "ncftp" and "mirror" assume
# the presence of the "-R" option, so there is a strong case for enabling it.
#ls_recurse_enable=YES

pam_service_name=vsftpd
userlist_enable=YES
#enable for standalone mode
listen=YES
tcp_wrappers=YES

Thanks again!

Does Vsftpd's log tell you anything more?
What's the directory you're trying to write to?
Has the user Vsftpd is running as write permissions there?

are you using the native windoes ftp client?
 

Are you using the command line in windows when you have this problem? The "put" command will not work. You need to use "send".

Thanks for your responses! I figured out what it was..
I disabled selinux, but didn't reboot. Once I rebooted, the ftp worked.. sheesh..

you could leave SElinux running, and just,
Disable SElinux protection for FTP;) , from SElinux settings

Thanks for the hint! I need to just sit down and experiment more with the selinux app and figure out exactly what is is doing. I re-enabled it after I ftp'd what I needed, but hate to think I need to reboot each time I change a setting for it to take effect.

no need to disable selinux
 

unable to upload files via ftp in linux
 

I tried disabling the SELinux, but am still getting the same error "553 Could not create file."... this thing is driving me crazy... any other ideas? here is my vsftpd.conf file

#=========================================
# Base Configuration
#=========================================
# Uncomment to allow the anonymous FTP user to upload files. This only
# has an effect if global write enable is activated. Also, you will
# obviously need to create a directory writable by the FTP user.
anon_upload_enable=YES
# Allow anonymous FTP?
anonymous_enable=YES
connect_from_port_20=YES
dirmessage_enable=YES
listen=YES
# Uncomment this to allow local users to log in.
local_enable=YES
local_umask=002
anon_umask=002
anon_root=/var/ftp
pam_service_name=vsftpd
tcp_wrappers=YES
userlist_enable=YES
# You may fully customise the login banner string:
ftpd_banner=Welcome to the ftp service on FTPNY
# Uncomment this to enable any form of FTP write command.
# (Needed even if you want local users to be able to upload files)
write_enable=YES
# Activate logging of uploads/downloads.
xferlog_enable=YES
xferlog_std_format=YES

This command worked for me.
 

THIS WORKED FOR ME THANK YOU!!!
big-dog

Another Permissions Issue
 

I had a slightly different issue that may interest new Linux users like myself. I wasn't entering a destination folder/filename for the remote system, so it was trying to copy to a folder that did not exist on the remote system.

put /var/www/<tarfile> did not work.

put /var/www/<tarfile> /ftp/<tarfile> did work.

Probably a rookie mistake, but what can ya do?

Worked!
 

Also worked for me :)) Many thanks.

Emege saygi ve +rep.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Unable to upload files after installing the VSFTPD
 

Hi Sameer,

you do not need to disable the SELinux as it will open the whole lot things for the outside world

All you need to do is run the below command to allow the FTP from SELinux and it will work

Run the below command

setsebool -P ftp_home_dir 1

Thanks
Deepak Bansal (Chetu)

Hi All,

you just need to run the below command and it will allow the FTP to run from SELinux

It worked for me as well

setsebool -P ftp_home_dir 1

Thanks
Deepak Bansal