{"id":1322,"date":"2019-03-04T01:15:44","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T01:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniweb.com\/wordpress\/?p=1322"},"modified":"2019-03-04T01:17:35","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T01:17:35","slug":"vsftpd-errors-with-new-users-on-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniweb.com\/wordpress\/?p=1322","title":{"rendered":"VSFtpd: Errors with new users (on Ubuntu)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I ran into this a couple times; after creating the new user, two problems can happen:<\/p>\n

1. Error: 500 OOPS: vsftpd: refusing to run with writable root inside chroot()<\/p>\n

The solution<\/a> to this is to make the FTP users home directory unwritable:
\nchmod a-w \/home\/testuser<\/code><\/p>\n

2. Access Denied<\/p>\n

This happens when the user’s login is set to a shell that doesn’t actually exist,
\nsuch as “\/bin\/false” or “\/sbin\/nologin” and can be corrected by adding the new method to \/etc\/shells,
\nor allowing the user a valid login shell and disabling ssh access via other means.
\nusermod -s \/bin\/bash testuser<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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