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