How to disable/allow specific ftp commands in vsftpd

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Issue

  • How to disable CWD (Change Working Directory) in vsftp

  • How can I only allow user access to some ftp commands

  • Adding the cmds_allowed directive in vsftpd.conf disables all commands and returns the following error message:

550 Permission denied.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • vsftpd

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