Can't access Conf folder

[rollo tamasi]

Hi
I have a VPS with EuroVPS and i'm trying to enable mod_rewrite on my server but i'm unable to gain access to the conf folder. I get the following error:
550 conf: Permission denied

How can i resolve this?
Thanks

 

[DCNet_James]

the conf directory is owned by root and not accessible using the ftp user of a given webroot. You need to ssh/telnet in with a user that can SU to root.

Thx
James

 

[rollo tamasi]

Hi James, i just setup SSH access and i have a few account options:

/bin/sh
/bin/bash
/sbin/nologin
/bin/tcsh
/bin/csh
/bin/bash (chrooted)
/bin/rbash

Which one should i select so that i can get access to the conf folder and would you know by chance the command need to download the file and to upload a file via ssh?