Cannot create .ssh directory in /var/www/clients/clientX/webX

Hello,

I am trying to create .ssh directory in /var/www/clients/clientX/webX but I get permission denied error even when I try as root. I need to copy my ssh keys so that I can deploy my laravel application using Deployer. Here are the logs:

Trying initially as web2 user

web2@dev:/var/www/clients/client2/web2$ id
uid=5005(web2) gid=5006(client2) groups=5006(client2)
web2@dev:/var/www/clients/client2/web2$ ls -al
total 40
drwxr-xr-x 10 web2 client2 4096 Jan 13 06:16 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 13 05:32 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 web2 client2 4096 Jan 13 05:32 cgi-bin
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 13 06:16 home
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 13 05:32 log
drwx--x--- 2 web2 client2 4096 Jan 13 05:32 private
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 13 05:32 ssl
drwxrwx--- 2 web2 client2 4096 Jan 13 05:32 tmp
drwx--x--x 7 web2 client2 4096 Jan 13 07:30 web
drwx--x--- 2 web2 client2 4096 Jan 13 05:32 webdav
web2@dev:/var/www/clients/client2/web2$ mkdir .ssh
mkdir: cannot create directory '.ssh': Permission denied
web2@dev:/var/www/clients/client2/web2$​

Trying again as root

root@dev:/var/www/clients/client2/web2# id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
root@dev:/var/www/clients/client2/web2# ls -al
total 40
drwxr-xr-x 10 web2 client2 4096 Jan 13 06:16 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 13 05:32 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 web2 client2 4096 Jan 13 05:32 cgi-bin
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 13 06:16 home
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 13 05:32 log
drwx--x--- 2 web2 client2 4096 Jan 13 05:32 private
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 13 05:32 ssl
drwxrwx--- 2 web2 client2 4096 Jan 13 05:32 tmp
drwx--x--x 7 web2 client2 4096 Jan 13 07:30 web
drwx--x--- 2 web2 client2 4096 Jan 13 05:32 webdav
root@dev:/var/www/clients/client2/web2# mkdir .ssh
mkdir: cannot create directory '.ssh': Permission denied
root@dev:/var/www/clients/client2/web2#​

Thanks in Advance.
Sangeet Kumar

 

Thanks Till. You saved lots of my time