Marc Skinner wrote: > Is SELINUX enabled? If so, either disable it or tweak the policies. > > what are the file permissions on /var/www ? > > also - what about "local_enable=YES"? > > > > No SELINUX, and local_enable was set to "Yes" I must have been day dreaming, and did not actually su to the user via ssh. Found a permission problem, fixed it, and now it works.