Pure-FTP

Im new to SuSE 8.0. In the last version (7.2) Pure-FTP was working in my SHO network as I wanted it to. The current situation is as follows: The FTP server is running and I am able to log in as root and user (myself) but I cannot upload files. I would like to be able to move files back and forth to my own home directory and the webserver directory. Some things have changed since my last installation of Pure-FTP and I do not get to the bottom of it. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you Heri Riesbeck