problem with ftp pushing files and me not having access as regular user

I've run visudo and added my username to the list to be able to do whatever I need to rather than logging in as root user.

I have my svn push o开发者_开发百科ut file's through ftp as user www-data, and therefore when I try to cd into those directories, I get permission denied.

Any thoughts? Can I add my username to some config file somewhere to have access to all files?

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When you use sudo, you are running as the root user, but only for that particular command. I think the easiest thing to do would be to ensure that you and www-data are in the same group, and set the group permissions accordingly. (e.g., chmod 775 yourdir)