FTP login fails as vsftpd is unable to access the users home directory due to selinux
Issue
FTP login fails with the following error message when chroot vsftpd is used:
Name (testserver:username): username
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
500 OOPS: chroot
Login failed.
Error code 0: Permission denied
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- vsftpd
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