Using pscp and getting permission denied

Question

I\'m using pscp to transfer files to a virtual ubuntu server using this command:

pscp test.php user@server:/var/www/test.php

and I get the erro

Answer 1

If you own the server:

Add yourself to the www-data group:

sudo usermod -a -G www-data 

And set the right permissions:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/
sudo chmod -R 0775 /var/www/

This should do the trick.