Ftp – VSFTP chroot_local_user doesn’t work

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VSFTP is set up and I want users not to go into other directories then their /home. I've set:

chroot_local_user=YES

But it doesn't seem to work (after restarting).

Could it be that I have the wrong config file? Or is there other settings or ways of logging in that skip this config line?

Edit: Together with someone else I found that the vsftp was not at all the server listening to the port.. Therefor, I didn't see my changes reflected. Solved the problem somewhere else thus.

Still, the answers below might solve the problem for others who have this.

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Do you have the chroot_list_enable option enabled? If so, any users listed in chroot_list_file will not be chrooted.

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Take a look at the local_umask directive inside the vsftpd.conf

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The documentation isn't terribly clear on how to do this, and it's hard to judge what you're missing without seeing your whole config file.

A shot in the dark:

   passwd_chroot_enable
         If enabled, along with chroot_local_user, then a chroot() jail
         location may be specified on a per-user basis. Each user's  jail
         is  derived from their home directory string in /etc/passwd. The
         occurrence of /./ in the home directory string denotes that  the
         jail is at that particular location in the path.

         Default: NO

Try setting that to YES. If it still doesn't work, please:

Add your full config file to your question
Show what user you're logging in as
Explain how you're verifying that you're not chrooted

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