550 operation not permitted using FTP

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Published on 2010-07-18T10:36:42Z Indexed on 2014/08/18 22:25 UTC
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I'm using FTP to manage some files on a site I run but keep seeing this (truncated) error log:

Command:    DELE calendarpermission.php
Response:   550 calendarpermission.php: Operation not permitted
[...]
Command:    DELE button_down.gif
Response:   550 button_down.gif: Operation not permitted
Command:    CWD /domains/example.com/public_html/admincp
Response:   250 CWD command successful
Command:    PWD
Response:   257 "/domains/example.com/public_html/admincp" is the current directory
Command:    RMD control_examples
Response:   550 control_examples: Operation not permitted
Command:    CWD /domains/example.com/public_html
Response:   250 CWD command successful
Command:    PWD
Response:   257 "/domains/example.com/public_html" is the current directory
Command:    RMD admincp
Response:   550 admincp: Operation not permitted
Status: Retrieving directory listing...
Command:    PASV
Response:   227 Entering Passive Mode (122,155,5,50,138,244).
Command:    MLSD
Response:   150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for MLSD
Response:   226 Transfer complete
Status: Directory listing successful
Status: Set permissions of '/domains/example.com/public_html/admincp' to '777'
Command:    SITE CHMOD 777 admincp
Response:   550 CHMOD 777 admincp: Operation not permitted

What do I do to solve this?

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