Allow local users to access /var/www folder in vsftpd

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I have successfully installed the vsftpd. and it is live. but i get following error:

Response: 500 OOPS: cannot change directory:/home/sovit

what i want to do is direct all local users of the system to the /var/www folder instead of their home root below is vsftpd conf file

any help would be appreciated. thank you

Iain · Answer 1 · 2011-07-28 11:53:31Z

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This could be caused by SElinux run

/usr/sbin/setsebool -P ftp_home_dir 1

You may need to restart the vsftpd service after doing this.

answered Jul 28 '11 at 11:53

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	I get no such file or directory after i hit that command. – askkirati Jul 28 '11 at 12:02
	@askkirati: Well, it might help if you told us what distro/OS you are using. Also tell us what the output of `getenforce` is. – Iain♦ Jul 28 '11 at 12:06
	@lian i am using ubuntu – askkirati Jul 28 '11 at 15:29
	I see disabled msg – askkirati Jul 28 '11 at 15:30
	@askkirati: I have only ever seen that message when SElinux is on. – Iain♦ Jul 28 '11 at 15:56

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quanta · Answer 2 · 2011-07-28 17:45:40Z

PS: As another way: you can change the $HOME folder of ftp user to the /var/www instead of setting local_root in vsftpd.conf.

askkirati · Answer 3 · 2011-07-29 03:53:20Z

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I figured out there was no directory created for user in home directory. I created it and set the local root to /var/www and it worked

answered Jul 29 '11 at 3:53

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