# SFTP not working on Mac due to Permission Denied error

**URL:** https://community.royalapps.com/t/sftp-not-working-on-mac-due-to-permission-denied-error/1434
**Category:** Royal TSX (for macOS)
**Created:** [July 11, 2021, 7:54am UTC](https://community.royalapps.com/t/sftp-not-working-on-mac-due-to-permission-denied-error/1434 "2021-07-11T07:54:47Z")
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### Author: ![jinesh\_sheth](https://community.royalapps.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@jinesh\_sheth](https://community.royalapps.com/u/jinesh_sheth)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2021, 7:54am UTC](https://community.royalapps.com/t/sftp-not-working-on-mac-due-to-permission-denied-error/1434/1 "2021-07-11T07:54:47Z")

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RoyalTSX version: 5.0.0.1

OS: Mac OSx (Big Sur)

SFTP fails on Mac OS (it is working fine on Windows)

Error:

An error occured while executing the action ‘Upload’.

Details: Cannot upload file ('test/test.pub). Permission denied; Permission denied.

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### Author: ![germar\_tischler](https://community.royalapps.com/user_avatar/community.royalapps.com/germar_tischler/32/1573_2.png) [@germar\_tischler](https://community.royalapps.com/u/germar_tischler)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2021, 8:58am UTC](https://community.royalapps.com/t/sftp-not-working-on-mac-due-to-permission-denied-error/1434/2 "2021-07-12T08:58:59Z")

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Hi Jinesh,

I will reply to the ticket you have open!

Kind regards,

Germar Tischler

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### Author: ![joel\_woods](https://community.royalapps.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/51bf81/32.png) [@joel\_woods](https://community.royalapps.com/u/joel_woods)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2021, 11:32am UTC](https://community.royalapps.com/t/sftp-not-working-on-mac-due-to-permission-denied-error/1434/3 "2021-12-02T11:32:45Z")

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I get the same error. Was there a fix/resolution for this?

RoyalTSX 5.0.4

MacOS Big Sur 11.6.1

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### Author: ![christoph\_muehlberger](https://community.royalapps.com/user_avatar/community.royalapps.com/christoph_muehlberger/32/1572_2.png) [@christoph\_muehlberger](https://community.royalapps.com/u/christoph_muehlberger)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2021, 8:24am UTC](https://community.royalapps.com/t/sftp-not-working-on-mac-due-to-permission-denied-error/1434/4 "2021-12-03T08:24:39Z")

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Hi Joel,

according to the ticket, it seemed that the user either did not have enough rights or the file was locked.

Can you please create a ticket here, and we will get back to you:

[https://www.royalapps.com/go/support-ticket-new](https://www.royalapps.com/go/support-ticket-new)

Thanks & best regards,

Christoph