Update manager fails to move files from tmp
After reading Enable FTP on your server i applied the changes as mentioned in the /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf file.

The changes applied are


Linux Instructions (UNSECURED):

Step 1:  sudo  yum  install  vsftpd

Step 2:  sudo emacs /etc/vsftpd.conf
Uncomment these settings:
listen=YES
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
local_umask=022
anon_upload_enable=YES
anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES

Step 3:  sudo service vsftpd restart


i then changed the ownership of the drupal root to apache user

chown -R apache:apache /home/user1/www

and this fixed the problems for me. am able to install themes via FTP method.

Please note - the method i've used is potentially insecure. Don't use on production server.

Thanks.

Yashesh