vsftpd ignoring user_config_dir setting.

[Benjamin_Solum]

Hello All!

I'm brand new to Ubuntu server's and I'm getting my feet wet on Ubuntu 13.04 x 64bit.

I've been working on getting vsftpd installed and I've been able to successfully FTP in using a user I created: "MYUSERNAME". When I FTP in, the default directory is /home/MYUSERNAME. What I'd like it to be is: /var/www/MYUSERNAME. That folder exists and my user has permissions to it.

My vsftpd.conf file is as below:
=== /etc/vsftpd.conf ===


listen=YES
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
local_umask=022
chroot_local_user=YES
user_config_dir=/etc/vsftpd/users
secure_chroot_dir=/var/run/vsftpd/empty
pam_service_name=vsftpd
rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
rsa_private_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
userlist_file=/etc/vsftpd.userlist
userlist_enable=YES
userlist_deny=NO
seccomp_sandbox=NO


And my user config file is:
=== /etc/vsftpd/users/MYUSERNAME ===


local_root=/var/www/MYUSERNAME
dirlist_enable=YES
download_enable=YES
write_enable=YES


vsftpd is completely ignoring my settings. On top of all that, I can't seem to write when I FTP in as that user. Any ideas? I've scoured the net for several hours now and none of the "common" fixes (like tweaking user_config_dir and checking permissions) seem to work.

Thanks in advance!

[peertje]

Did you restart vsftpd after you changed your configuration file?

sudo service vsftpd restart

Also add

tcp_wrappers=YES

to your vsftpd.conf

As an alternative you try making a simlink in your home directory? Maybe this works.

ln -s /home/MYUSERNAME/www /var/www/MYUSERNAME

What happens if you put local_root=/var/www/MYUSERNAME to the main vsftpd.conf?

[Bucky Ball]

Thread moved to Server Platforms.

Welcome. You might have more luck here.