Azure FTP 550 - Access is Denied

2017-08-05 · 1 min

So, I encountered this for the first time today: a colleague wanted to quickly FTP some files up to an Azure Web App. However, no matter what directory they tried, they always got the same error:

Initially I thought there must be a permission missing from the user account; however, they had got the credentials from a .PublishSettings file for the web app in question.

Solution

Within the XML of the publish settings file, there’s a profile entry for a [insert app name] - Readonly - FTP. This contains credentials for read only access, an easy mistake to make since, depending on your editor, the XML file might be one long line. The correct FTP publish section will just have the word FTP.

Hope that saves someone some time!