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permission denied

Asked by Mr T

while in ftp mode, i want to copy a file off my server and put it into usr/bin but i get permission denied this is a sample of what i typed
ftp> get name of file /usr/bin

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Best Koen (koen-beek) said : 		#1

you need root permission to write in /usr/bin folder

you could start ftp with root permissions by preseding it with sudo

sudo ftp

in stead of

ftp

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Mr T (mrt-is) said : 		#2

Thanks Koen Beek, that solved my question.