Copy using WinSCP to EC2 getting Permission denied

Question

I'm trying to copy files from windows 11 to EC2, I have used PPK and followed https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transfer/latest/userguide/transfer-file.html#winscp
but I keep getting "Permission Denied"

anybody can help?

Renjith_R · Answer

It appears to be a Linux file permission issue. Make sure the user ( whose ppk is being used) is allowed to write to the destination directory.  To test this, ssh to the instance as same user and try to create a test file.

Example command: 
```
$ touch /path_to_destination_dir/testfile
```
Check the directory permissions using `ls` command and modify the permissions if requires.

```
$ ls -ld /path_to_destination_dir
```

If the write (`w`) permission is missing for the user, modify the directory permissions using `chmod` command.

Copy using WinSCP to EC2 getting Permission denied

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