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
Beware of the following that when you write
sudo usermod -G www-data
The option -G will make the specified user () a member of the particular group(s) that are specified. So the above statement will make the user a part of group www-data BUT will remove the user from any other group that the user belongs to. To avoid this you must either add the option -a or specify all the current groups that you want the user to be a part of. I accidently took the user "administrator" out of the sudo group because I didn't know this. So if you want the specified user to keep it's current group membership then write the following command.
sudo usermod -G -a www-data
For more info regarding the usermod command, visit:
Ubuntu manpages - usermod