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I'm trying to access /var/www through Filezilla but my user can only access files inside of it's home directory.

I've added my user to the www-data group, however it still doesn't allow me the ability to go "up" to the root of the directory, so I can enter /var/www.

$ ls -al 
drwxr-xr-x 4 www-data www-data 4096 Apr 15 12:50 . 
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 Jan 15 00:04 .. 
drwxr-xr-x 2 www-data www-data 4096 Jan 14 23:53 html 
-rwxr-xr-x 1 www-data www-data 612 Apr 15 12:42 index.html

Both my html folder and index.html are owned by www-data.

$ groups 
acans cdrom floppy sudo audio dip www-data video plugdev netdev

Acans belongs to the www-data group, so I'm unsure what I need to do to make Filezilla access /var/www.

nginx ftp vsftpd

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  "I'm trying to access /var/www" why? Just don't. What you want is an absolute security nightmare. Make a directorywatcher that evaluates what is put into the home directory and mv it to /var/www/ if it is acceptable.
  
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  I guess I'm just used to using Filezilla to add/remove/replace files from my web host and wanted to do the same on my local Ubuntu Machine. If it's too much of a security risk, I guess I'll just keep using the Webmin File Manager.
  
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  ehm even that I would block myself ;-) Directly putting files into /var/www/ can crash your server: my experience in this is that a full disk is easily reached;even a 1Tb disk. (I host a fileserver with lots of pdfs where users can print them from the web based software so they do not even put the files on there directy. 5 years of pdfs is 1.6Tb :X ) We now host those files on an sepearate instance and not in /var/www/ ;)
  
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  Apr 16 at 13:13
  

  
  
  
  


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  I ended up going with a shortcut instead of trying to access it directly. So anything in /home/user/media can be accessed by a shortcut in /var/www/media. I don't know if it's safer, but at least I'm not putting thinks directly into /var/www or accessing it directly.
  
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  Apr 16 at 15:25
  
  

  
  
  
  

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I'm trying to access /var/www through Filezilla but my user can only access files inside of it's home directory.

I've added my user to the www-data group, however it still doesn't allow me the ability to go "up" to the root of the directory, so I can enter /var/www.

$ ls -al 
drwxr-xr-x 4 www-data www-data 4096 Apr 15 12:50 . 
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 Jan 15 00:04 .. 
drwxr-xr-x 2 www-data www-data 4096 Jan 14 23:53 html 
-rwxr-xr-x 1 www-data www-data 612 Apr 15 12:42 index.html

Both my html folder and index.html are owned by www-data.

$ groups 
acans cdrom floppy sudo audio dip www-data video plugdev netdev

Acans belongs to the www-data group, so I'm unsure what I need to do to make Filezilla access /var/www.

nginx ftp vsftpd

share|improve this question

edited Apr 16 at 13:02

Rinzwind

223k2929 gold badges430430 silver badges573573 bronze badges

asked Apr 16 at 12:55

AcansAcans

1

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  "I'm trying to access /var/www" why? Just don't. What you want is an absolute security nightmare. Make a directorywatcher that evaluates what is put into the home directory and mv it to /var/www/ if it is acceptable.
  
  – Rinzwind
  Apr 16 at 13:00
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I guess I'm just used to using Filezilla to add/remove/replace files from my web host and wanted to do the same on my local Ubuntu Machine. If it's too much of a security risk, I guess I'll just keep using the Webmin File Manager.
  
  – Acans
  Apr 16 at 13:09
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  ehm even that I would block myself ;-) Directly putting files into /var/www/ can crash your server: my experience in this is that a full disk is easily reached;even a 1Tb disk. (I host a fileserver with lots of pdfs where users can print them from the web based software so they do not even put the files on there directy. 5 years of pdfs is 1.6Tb :X ) We now host those files on an sepearate instance and not in /var/www/ ;)
  
  – Rinzwind
  Apr 16 at 13:13
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I ended up going with a shortcut instead of trying to access it directly. So anything in /home/user/media can be accessed by a shortcut in /var/www/media. I don't know if it's safer, but at least I'm not putting thinks directly into /var/www or accessing it directly.
  
  – Acans
  Apr 16 at 15:25
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
 | 

I'm trying to access /var/www through Filezilla but my user can only access files inside of it's home directory.

I've added my user to the www-data group, however it still doesn't allow me the ability to go "up" to the root of the directory, so I can enter /var/www.

$ ls -al 
drwxr-xr-x 4 www-data www-data 4096 Apr 15 12:50 . 
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 Jan 15 00:04 .. 
drwxr-xr-x 2 www-data www-data 4096 Jan 14 23:53 html 
-rwxr-xr-x 1 www-data www-data 612 Apr 15 12:42 index.html

Both my html folder and index.html are owned by www-data.

$ groups 
acans cdrom floppy sudo audio dip www-data video plugdev netdev

Acans belongs to the www-data group, so I'm unsure what I need to do to make Filezilla access /var/www.

nginx ftp vsftpd

share|improve this question

edited Apr 16 at 13:02

Rinzwind

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asked Apr 16 at 12:55

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$ ls -al 
drwxr-xr-x 4 www-data www-data 4096 Apr 15 12:50 . 
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 Jan 15 00:04 .. 
drwxr-xr-x 2 www-data www-data 4096 Jan 14 23:53 html 
-rwxr-xr-x 1 www-data www-data 612 Apr 15 12:42 index.html

$ groups 
acans cdrom floppy sudo audio dip www-data video plugdev netdev

share|improve this question

edited Apr 16 at 13:02

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asked Apr 16 at 12:55

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share|improve this question

edited Apr 16 at 13:02

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edited Apr 16 at 13:02

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edited Apr 16 at 13:02

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asked Apr 16 at 12:55

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asked Apr 16 at 12:55

AcansAcans

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