Why does vsftpd daemon return "500 OOPS: setuid"

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Issue

  • Why does vsftpd daemon return 500 OOPS: setuid?
[root@server1]# ftp my_srv01
Connected to my_srv01 (10.28.37.169).
220 (vsFTPd 2.2.2)
Name (my_srv01:root): user1
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
500 OOPS: setuid
Login failed.
ftp>

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (all versions)
  • vsftpd

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