#!/usr/bin/perl

# create a remote file, without creating a local file
#
use Net::SFTP;
use Net::SFTP::Constants qw/:flags/;
use strict;
use warnings;

my $filename  = "testfile.dat";
my $file_data = "qwertyuiop";
my %args = (
    user => 'insaniac', 
    password => 'xxxx'
);
#my $host = "moretrix.com";
my $host = "bear";
my $remote_path = 'not_allowed/'.$filename;
my ($err_code, $err_mesg);

print "Connecting to $host\n";
my $sftp;
eval { $sftp = Net::SFTP->new($host,%args) };
($err_code, $err_mesg) = $sftp->status;
if($err_code){
    print "Err_code:$err_code | err_mesg:$err_mesg\n"; 
    exit $err_code
};

print "Open $host:$remote_path\n";
my $remote_handle;
eval { 
    $remote_handle = $sftp->do_open($remote_path, SSH2_FXF_WRITE | SSH2_FXF_CREAT) };
($err_code, $err_mesg) = $sftp->status;
if($err_code){
    print "Err_code:$err_code | err_mesg:$err_mesg\n"; 
    exit $err_code
};

print "Write to remote file:\n$file_data\n";
eval { $sftp->do_write($remote_handle, 0, $file_data) };
($err_code, $err_mesg) = $sftp->status;
if($err_code){
    print "Err_code:$err_code | err_mesg:$err_mesg\n"; 
    exit $err_code
};

print "Close remote file handle\n";
$sftp->do_close($remote_handle);

##</code><code>##

Connecting to bear
Open bear:not_allowed/testfile.dat
Couldn't get handle: Permission denied at net_sftp.pl line 33
Err_code:3 | err_mesg:Permission denied

##</code><code>##

bear: [/home/insaniac]# ls -ld not_allowed/
d---------  2 root root 4096 Sep 23 13:40 not_allowed/