Trouble updating Modules in Drupal 7 with FTP I'm developing in localhost. When I try to update modules, it requires FTP access. I've tried several ways by installing vsftpd and adding my user account to ftp group, chowing the files, etc. But, I'm ending up with following message:

File Transfer failed, reason: Unable to remove to file /media/location-of-drupal/module/blahblah

Now, I've decided not to use FTP. Can I just manually download latest copies and unzip > paste the modules? Will that work? And is it applicable to updating Drupal core?

Thanks :)

EDIT: I've managed to fix FTP, and is now updating modules by FTP. But still, I'd like to know the answer, i.e. does copy-paste works perfectly? I posted my answer here: http://bdhacker.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/update-drupal-modules-using-ftp-in-localhost/
I had the same effect.

The instructions at http://bdhacker.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/update-drupal-modules-using-ftp-in-localhost/ have all the necessary details. Especially the vsftp config (/etc/vsftpd.conf) is important. Make sure the following options are set:

listen=YES
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
local_umask=022

Don't forget to restart vsftpd after config changes.