I have installed vsftd on my centos box. I then created a group called ftp-user and assigned appropriate permissions. I can browse the ftp folder from windows ftp client, but when I try to write to PUT I get "error 500 folder can not be created. try using pasv."
Trying locally I can again browse the DIR, but when I PUT I get "entering passive mode...file cannot be created".
any ideas??????

The DDH thanks you.

I was using chmod 750 to set permissions...according to my tutorial...using 770 instead solved the problem...does anyone know if that increases security risk...apologies for my ignorance.
Thanks

It certainly does if you're allowing ftp access from the internet. Under any circumstances, I think it's better to avoid write access via ftp if possible.

I use ftp to move stuff around within my network all the time, but my router is blocking access from the net. When I want to move files, I go to the computer that has the files, as root ... move them to /home/ftp/pub (owner=root, mode=755), and kick off vsftpd. Then I go to the PC I want them on, start an ftp client and put them in whatever directory I want. Final step: Shut down both client and server.

If it's within your own network, Samba might be something to take a look at.