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I'm using FTP to manage some files on a site I run but keep seeing this (truncated) error log:

Command:    DELE calendarpermission.php
Response:   550 calendarpermission.php: Operation not permitted
[...]
Command:    DELE button_down.gif
Response:   550 button_down.gif: Operation not permitted
Command:    CWD /domains/example.com/public_html/admincp
Response:   250 CWD command successful
Command:    PWD
Response:   257 "/domains/example.com/public_html/admincp" is the current directory
Command:    RMD control_examples
Response:   550 control_examples: Operation not permitted
Command:    CWD /domains/example.com/public_html
Response:   250 CWD command successful
Command:    PWD
Response:   257 "/domains/example.com/public_html" is the current directory
Command:    RMD admincp
Response:   550 admincp: Operation not permitted
Status: Retrieving directory listing...
Command:    PASV
Response:   227 Entering Passive Mode (122,155,5,50,138,244).
Command:    MLSD
Response:   150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for MLSD
Response:   226 Transfer complete
Status: Directory listing successful
Status: Set permissions of '/domains/example.com/public_html/admincp' to '777'
Command:    SITE CHMOD 777 admincp
Response:   550 CHMOD 777 admincp: Operation not permitted

What do I do to solve this?

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550 is FTP's "No, I can't do that". That probably means you don't have read access to the files, or they don't exist. – Phoshi Jul 18 '10 at 11:00
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If

Command:    SITE CHMOD 777 admincp
Response:   550 CHMOD 777 admincp: Operation not permitted

occurs then it means that you have absolutely no permissions to do that, you should resolve this problem with your hosting so that they can give your permissions; maybe that folder is has the purpose to stay?

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resert ownwer in direct admin? – monkey_boys Jul 18 '10 at 14:35
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@monkey this is a very general permissions problem. No knowing what kind of environment you're working with, we can't know what needs to be done on your end to fix it. If you have a "reset owners" function in your back-end, that might be the way to go – Pekka Feb 1 '11 at 8:53
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