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I can't figure out what is going on with my VSFTP. I have searched and searched and only found that I have to add "chroot_local_users=YES" I have done this and I have tried the other method of adding users to the chroot list. Neither of them has worked. Any help will be appreicated.

have you restarted vsftp?

Hi Funny Enough I have the same problem.
I downloaded the VSFTPD1.2.1 and compiled it following the INSTALL documents on RH8.
I have created a vsftpd config file and enbled chroot. I have tested the anonymous ftp and other part and all is ok, the only thing that does not seam to work the chroot jail. Also I should mention that its running from xinetd.
Included is the config file, any help would be really appreciated.
###############################################################
# Anonymous FTP Control. ######################################
###############################################################
# Anonymous control
# Enable / Disable Anonymous FTP
anonymous_enable=YES
# This is the name of the user we use for handling anonymous FTP
ftp_username=ftp
# All Anonmyous Logins Are treated as Guests
guest_enable=YES
# Guest Username
guest_username=ftp
# User Control
# anonymous user will log straight in no password required
no_anon_password=NO
# File Access
# Anonymous Files to Be owned by username
chown_username=ftp
# Set Anonymous File uploads to be owned by username
chown_uploads=YES
# Upload files - providing write permissions on upload dir
anon_upload_enable=NO
# create Directories
anon_mkdir_write_enable=NO
# write operations, such as rename and delete
anon_other_write_enable=NO
# Only allowed to download files which are world readable
anon_world_readable_only=NO
# Enable /disabled ascii upload / downloads
ascii_download_enable=YES
ascii_upload_enable=NO
# list of anonymous password mail responses which cause login to be denied
deny_email_enable=NO
banned_email_file=/etc/vsftpd/banned_emails
# Set to YES if you want only a specified list of email passwords
secure_email_list_enable=YES
###############################################################
# Process Control. ############################################
###############################################################
# Overriden by Below.
ftpd_banner="Authorised Access ONLY !"
# Banner Message
banner_file=/etc/issue
# Run in background
background=NO
# Only ill advised FTP clients will use this feature.
async_abor_enable=NO
# Secure Choot dir.
secure_chroot_dir=/usr/share/empty
# Non Priv user used by ftpd
nopriv_user=ftp
# Set vfstpd status in process list
setproctitle_enable=YES
# Internal Settings.
use_sendfile=YES
# Use local time to display time in FTP dir listing.
use_localtime=NO
# Use TCP wrapper Support.
tcp_wrappers=NO
# System Session Logging.
session_support=YES
###############################################################
# Logging Control. ############################################
###############################################################
# Write to Xferlog Log.
xferlog_enable=YES
# wuftp style logging.
xferlog_std_format=YES
# Write to Syslog
syslog_enable=NO
# Log FTP protocol - debug.
log_ftp_protocol=NO
# Log to Both Files
dual_log_enable=YES
vsftpd_log_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log
xferlog_file=/var/log/xferlog

###############################################################
# Connection Control. #########################################
###############################################################
# Timeouts
# timeout in seconds for client response.
connect_timeout=60
# Max data connection timeout (stalled).
data_connection_timeout=300
idle_session_timeout=120
# Data Transfer size.
trans_chunk_size=8192
# PASV
# Pasv connection
pasv_enable=YES
# Disable Pasv security checks.
pasv_promiscuous=NO
# Timeout for PASV connection.
accept_timeout=60
# PASV Port Max
pasv_max_port=2028
# PASV Port Min
pasv_min_port=2021

# PORT connection
# Disable PORT data method.
port_enable=NO
# PASV security checks.
port_promiscuous=NO
# The port from which PORT style connections originate
ftp_data_port=20
# This controls whether PORT style data connections use port 20
connect_from_port_20=NO

# Speed
# Max Speed of Anonymous in Bytes/sec.
anon_max_rate=0
# Max Speed of Local Users in Bytes/sec.
local_max_rate=0
###############################################################
# User Access Control. (not Including Anonymous) ##############
###############################################################
# Local users i.e those in /etc/passwd
local_enable=YES
# Check local users valid /etc/shell
# check_shell=NO
# Enable User File List
userlist_enable=YES
# Deny Access to users listed in this file.
userlist_deny=YES
userlist_file=/etc/vsftpd/user_list

# Place Local Users in CHROOT in there Home Directory.
chroot_local_user=YES
# Each users CHROOT is got from the /etc/passwd file.
passwd_chroot_enable=YES
# List of Local Users in CHROOT JAIL or NO = Not Placed in CHROOT.
chroot_list_enable=NO
chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd/chroot_list
# Virtual Users Have the same privileges local users
virtual_use_local_privs=NO
###############################################################
# File Access Control. ########################################
###############################################################
# SITE CHMOD command - Allow users to change file permissions.
chmod_enable=YES
# Enable Dir messages.
dirmessage_enable=NO
# Message file name.
message_file=.message
# Permissions with which uploads are created.
file_open_mode=0666
# file creation is set to for local users.
local_umask=077
# The value that the umask for file creation is set to for anonymous users.
anon_umask=077
# This controls whether any FTP commands which change the filesystem
write_enable=NO
# Allow Directory Listing.
dirlist_enable=YES
# If set to NO, all download requests will give permission denied.
download_enable=YES
# Show files starting with a .
force_dot_files=NO
# All user and Group information is disabled as FTP
hide_ids=YES
# Show usernames and Groupnames instead of UID and GID.
text_userdb_names=YES
# Allow ls -lR
ls_recurse_enable=YES


Thanks.
Keith