Linux – vsftpd – local_root=/var/www/sites/$USER doesn’t get interpreted

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When I'm trying to connect to FTP server I get:
"500 OOPS: cannot change directory:/home/$USER/public_html"

  • when I do echo $USER – I get proper username
  • seems like $USER isn't interpreted inside my /etc/vsftpd.conf
  • when I remove "local_root=/var/www/sites/$USER" I everything is smoothly working.

I'm running vsftpd 2.2.2 and
Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04
Codename: lucid

Best Answer

What you need to use is a combo of user_config_dir and local_root. In the main config file /etc/vsftpd/vsftp.conf you have an entry like:

chroot_local_user=YES
user_config_dir=/etc/vsftpd/users

Inside that directory (/etc/vsftpd/users) you have a config file with the same name as the user ($USER in your case), and inside that file you have:

local_root=/var/www/sites/USER
dirlist_enable=YES
download_enable=YES
write_enable=YES

...where USER is the actual name (not literally USER or $USER).

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