Permission denied error while copying the files to another user directory using WINSCP?
I have a few folder in one of my ubuntu machine in the directory /export/home/ as -
user1
user2
user3
Whenever any user login to that machine, it always takes him to that directory as a default. If I am user1, and I am logging in to that machine, then after logging, if I do pwd, I always see -
/export/home/user1
Now what I am supposed to do is, I have opened a winscp on my desktop as user1 to connect to that machine, and then I need to copy a file from my desktop to user2 folder but whenever I try to open user2 folder in winscp, it always gives me -
Permission denied error..
Is there any way, I can ask user2 to give me permission (by logging into his account from putty) to copy the files using winscp from my desktop to user2 folder?
ssh
asked Dec 10 '13 at 23:59
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I have a few folder in one of my ubuntu machine in the directory /export/home/ as -
user1
user2
user3
Whenever any user login to that machine, it always takes him to that directory as a default. If I am user1, and I am logging in to that machine, then after logging, if I do pwd, I always see -
/export/home/user1
Now what I am supposed to do is, I have opened a winscp on my desktop as user1 to connect to that machine, and then I need to copy a file from my desktop to user2 folder but whenever I try to open user2 folder in winscp, it always gives me -
Permission denied error..
Is there any way, I can ask user2 to give me permission (by logging into his account from putty) to copy the files using winscp from my desktop to user2 folder?
ssh
asked Dec 10 '13 at 23:59
SSH
4561712
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I have a few folder in one of my ubuntu machine in the directory /export/home/ as -
user1
user2
user3
Whenever any user login to that machine, it always takes him to that directory as a default. If I am user1, and I am logging in to that machine, then after logging, if I do pwd, I always see -
/export/home/user1
Now what I am supposed to do is, I have opened a winscp on my desktop as user1 to connect to that machine, and then I need to copy a file from my desktop to user2 folder but whenever I try to open user2 folder in winscp, it always gives me -
Permission denied error..
Is there any way, I can ask user2 to give me permission (by logging into his account from putty) to copy the files using winscp from my desktop to user2 folder?
ssh
asked Dec 10 '13 at 23:59
SSH
4561712
I have a few folder in one of my ubuntu machine in the directory /export/home/ as -
user1
user2
user3
Whenever any user login to that machine, it always takes him to that directory as a default. If I am user1, and I am logging in to that machine, then after logging, if I do pwd, I always see -
/export/home/user1
Now what I am supposed to do is, I have opened a winscp on my desktop as user1 to connect to that machine, and then I need to copy a file from my desktop to user2 folder but whenever I try to open user2 folder in winscp, it always gives me -
Permission denied error..
Is there any way, I can ask user2 to give me permission (by logging into his account from putty) to copy the files using winscp from my desktop to user2 folder?
ssh
ssh
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If you log in to an Ubuntu server as user1, then generally you do not have permission to add anything to user2's home directory.
If you want to be able to, then here is one way you could get permissions. Execute these commands on the server (they will need to be executed by someone with sudo ability).
sudo addgroup sharers
sudo adduser user1 sharers
sudo adduser user2 sharers
sudo chgrp sharers /home/user2
sudo chmod g+w /home/user2
Then user1 will be able to drop files in to the /home/user2 directory.
Finer grain control could be obtained using Access Control Lists (ACL's), but I won't go in to that here.
answered Dec 11 '13 at 0:26
David Purdue
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Thanks David. We all have sudo access to that machine. But is it necessary to create a group? Can user2 gives me access to copy the files by logging into his acccount from putty using some chmod command?
– SSH
Dec 11 '13 at 1:09
He could dochmod o+w .- which would let anyone put files in his directory.
– David Purdue
Dec 11 '13 at 13:16
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Have you tried changing the owner rights of the file you need to copy to the user2 folder?chown user1:user1 file.ext
after that you could change the r/w/x/ rights on that file.chmod 0755 file.ext
Another way you could look into are the group memberships.
The created users, have their own groups?
If you are using gnome/unity, you could take a look at the users and groups management tool users-admin from a terminal window Ctrl+Alt+t. If you don't have this tool installed enter the next command in a terminal window.sudo apt-get install gnome-system-tools, this will install the tool users-admin.
With this tool you can grant user1 acces rights in user2 and/or user2 group, and vice versa for user2 and user3.
Another thing comes to mind, take a closer look to ssh/scp/winscp group and/or usage rights for the user1, user2, user3 account.
answered Dec 11 '13 at 12:40
C Schilder
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If you log in to an Ubuntu server as user1, then generally you do not have permission to add anything to user2's home directory.
If you want to be able to, then here is one way you could get permissions. Execute these commands on the server (they will need to be executed by someone with sudo ability).
sudo addgroup sharers
sudo adduser user1 sharers
sudo adduser user2 sharers
sudo chgrp sharers /home/user2
sudo chmod g+w /home/user2
Then user1 will be able to drop files in to the /home/user2 directory.
Finer grain control could be obtained using Access Control Lists (ACL's), but I won't go in to that here.
answered Dec 11 '13 at 0:26
David Purdue
1,897714
Thanks David. We all have sudo access to that machine. But is it necessary to create a group? Can user2 gives me access to copy the files by logging into his acccount from putty using some chmod command?
– SSH
Dec 11 '13 at 1:09
He could dochmod o+w .- which would let anyone put files in his directory.
– David Purdue
Dec 11 '13 at 13:16
add a comment |
If you log in to an Ubuntu server as user1, then generally you do not have permission to add anything to user2's home directory.
If you want to be able to, then here is one way you could get permissions. Execute these commands on the server (they will need to be executed by someone with sudo ability).
sudo addgroup sharers
sudo adduser user1 sharers
sudo adduser user2 sharers
sudo chgrp sharers /home/user2
sudo chmod g+w /home/user2
Then user1 will be able to drop files in to the /home/user2 directory.
Finer grain control could be obtained using Access Control Lists (ACL's), but I won't go in to that here.
answered Dec 11 '13 at 0:26
David Purdue
1,897714
Thanks David. We all have sudo access to that machine. But is it necessary to create a group? Can user2 gives me access to copy the files by logging into his acccount from putty using some chmod command?
– SSH
Dec 11 '13 at 1:09
He could dochmod o+w .- which would let anyone put files in his directory.
– David Purdue
Dec 11 '13 at 13:16
add a comment |
If you log in to an Ubuntu server as user1, then generally you do not have permission to add anything to user2's home directory.
If you want to be able to, then here is one way you could get permissions. Execute these commands on the server (they will need to be executed by someone with sudo ability).
sudo addgroup sharers
sudo adduser user1 sharers
sudo adduser user2 sharers
sudo chgrp sharers /home/user2
sudo chmod g+w /home/user2
Then user1 will be able to drop files in to the /home/user2 directory.
Finer grain control could be obtained using Access Control Lists (ACL's), but I won't go in to that here.
answered Dec 11 '13 at 0:26
David Purdue
1,897714
If you log in to an Ubuntu server as user1, then generally you do not have permission to add anything to user2's home directory.
If you want to be able to, then here is one way you could get permissions. Execute these commands on the server (they will need to be executed by someone with sudo ability).
sudo addgroup sharers
sudo adduser user1 sharers
sudo adduser user2 sharers
sudo chgrp sharers /home/user2
sudo chmod g+w /home/user2
Then user1 will be able to drop files in to the /home/user2 directory.
Finer grain control could be obtained using Access Control Lists (ACL's), but I won't go in to that here.
answered Dec 11 '13 at 0:26
David Purdue
1,897714
answered Dec 11 '13 at 0:26
David Purdue
1,897714
answered Dec 11 '13 at 0:26
David Purdue
1,897714
answered Dec 11 '13 at 0:26
David Purdue
1,897714
1,897714
Thanks David. We all have sudo access to that machine. But is it necessary to create a group? Can user2 gives me access to copy the files by logging into his acccount from putty using some chmod command?
– SSH
Dec 11 '13 at 1:09
He could dochmod o+w .- which would let anyone put files in his directory.
– David Purdue
Dec 11 '13 at 13:16
add a comment |
Thanks David. We all have sudo access to that machine. But is it necessary to create a group? Can user2 gives me access to copy the files by logging into his acccount from putty using some chmod command?
– SSH
Dec 11 '13 at 1:09
He could dochmod o+w .- which would let anyone put files in his directory.
– David Purdue
Dec 11 '13 at 13:16
Thanks David. We all have sudo access to that machine. But is it necessary to create a group? Can user2 gives me access to copy the files by logging into his acccount from putty using some chmod command?
– SSH
Dec 11 '13 at 1:09
Thanks David. We all have sudo access to that machine. But is it necessary to create a group? Can user2 gives me access to copy the files by logging into his acccount from putty using some chmod command?
– SSH
Dec 11 '13 at 1:09
He could do
chmod o+w . - which would let anyone put files in his directory.– David Purdue
Dec 11 '13 at 13:16
He could do
chmod o+w . - which would let anyone put files in his directory.– David Purdue
Dec 11 '13 at 13:16
add a comment |
Have you tried changing the owner rights of the file you need to copy to the user2 folder?chown user1:user1 file.ext
after that you could change the r/w/x/ rights on that file.chmod 0755 file.ext
Another way you could look into are the group memberships.
The created users, have their own groups?
If you are using gnome/unity, you could take a look at the users and groups management tool users-admin from a terminal window Ctrl+Alt+t. If you don't have this tool installed enter the next command in a terminal window.sudo apt-get install gnome-system-tools, this will install the tool users-admin.
With this tool you can grant user1 acces rights in user2 and/or user2 group, and vice versa for user2 and user3.
Another thing comes to mind, take a closer look to ssh/scp/winscp group and/or usage rights for the user1, user2, user3 account.
answered Dec 11 '13 at 12:40
C Schilder
1537
add a comment |
Have you tried changing the owner rights of the file you need to copy to the user2 folder?chown user1:user1 file.ext
after that you could change the r/w/x/ rights on that file.chmod 0755 file.ext
Another way you could look into are the group memberships.
The created users, have their own groups?
If you are using gnome/unity, you could take a look at the users and groups management tool users-admin from a terminal window Ctrl+Alt+t. If you don't have this tool installed enter the next command in a terminal window.sudo apt-get install gnome-system-tools, this will install the tool users-admin.
With this tool you can grant user1 acces rights in user2 and/or user2 group, and vice versa for user2 and user3.
Another thing comes to mind, take a closer look to ssh/scp/winscp group and/or usage rights for the user1, user2, user3 account.
answered Dec 11 '13 at 12:40
C Schilder
1537
add a comment |
Have you tried changing the owner rights of the file you need to copy to the user2 folder?chown user1:user1 file.ext
after that you could change the r/w/x/ rights on that file.chmod 0755 file.ext
Another way you could look into are the group memberships.
The created users, have their own groups?
If you are using gnome/unity, you could take a look at the users and groups management tool users-admin from a terminal window Ctrl+Alt+t. If you don't have this tool installed enter the next command in a terminal window.sudo apt-get install gnome-system-tools, this will install the tool users-admin.
With this tool you can grant user1 acces rights in user2 and/or user2 group, and vice versa for user2 and user3.
Another thing comes to mind, take a closer look to ssh/scp/winscp group and/or usage rights for the user1, user2, user3 account.
answered Dec 11 '13 at 12:40
C Schilder
1537
Have you tried changing the owner rights of the file you need to copy to the user2 folder?chown user1:user1 file.ext
after that you could change the r/w/x/ rights on that file.chmod 0755 file.ext
Another way you could look into are the group memberships.
The created users, have their own groups?
If you are using gnome/unity, you could take a look at the users and groups management tool users-admin from a terminal window Ctrl+Alt+t. If you don't have this tool installed enter the next command in a terminal window.sudo apt-get install gnome-system-tools, this will install the tool users-admin.
With this tool you can grant user1 acces rights in user2 and/or user2 group, and vice versa for user2 and user3.
Another thing comes to mind, take a closer look to ssh/scp/winscp group and/or usage rights for the user1, user2, user3 account.
answered Dec 11 '13 at 12:40
C Schilder
1537
answered Dec 11 '13 at 12:40
C Schilder
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answered Dec 11 '13 at 12:40
C Schilder
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answered Dec 11 '13 at 12:40
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