Why do I get error "500 OOPS: vsftpd: refusing to run with writable root inside chroot()"?

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Issue

  • When trying to chroot vsftpd users with the chroot_local_user=YES flag set in vsftpd.conf, I get error "500 OOPS: vsftpd: refusing to run with writable root inside chroot()" when trying to login.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • vsftpd

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