500 OOPS: vsftpd: refusing to run with writable root inside chroot()

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Issue

500 OOPS: vsftpd: refusing to run with writable root inside chroot()
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421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection

Environment

  • Redhat Enterprise Linux
  • Vsftpd

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