500 OOPS: cannot change directory:/home/user

[jim1944]

I'm trying to set up vsftpd on Fedora 7. When I try to ftp from my Windows XP computer to my Fedora computer I m prompted for user id and password but then get
500 OOPS: cannot change directory:/home/user
Login failed.

"user" is my user id on the Fedora computer.

I've gotten it to work by disabling SELinux but I'd rather find a less drastic solution.

Any ideas? Do I have to switch to some other ftp daemon that is compatible with SELinux? If so, what?

Thanks
Jim

[marcrblevins]

su -
getsebool -a | grep ftp
setsebool -P ftp_home_dir on
getsebool -a | grep ftp

My result:
[root@kiriyamablevins ~]# getsebool -a | grep ftp
allow_ftpd_anon_write --> on
allow_ftpd_full_access --> off
allow_ftpd_use_cifs --> off
allow_ftpd_use_nfs --> off
ftp_home_dir --> on
httpd_enable_ftp_server --> off
[root@kiriyamablevins ~]#

[jim1944]

That works. Thanks.

Jim

[meow]

I was after this same thing and it worked for me I run fedora 7

[North323]

this is why I LOVE THIS GROUP!!!! had the same issue and once again....learned how to fix it

[skydriver]

many thanks

[vbaala]

thanks for the solution.......

[Duilio]

good for me too, thank you

[aishes]

Good stuff... I'm running fc9 it worked for me also.

[daDrJohn]

Worked fine on Fedora 12, thnx.

[hal9000a]

still a good solution for F13
thank you fedoraforum

[RickLeLoup]

Works great with F13

Thank you FedoraForum !

[lhomsher]

Also works for F14...thanks!

[iamceo]

Originally Posted by marcrblevins

su -
getsebool -a | grep ftp
setsebool -P ftp_home_dir on
getsebool -a | grep ftp

My result:
[root@kiriyamablevins ~]# getsebool -a | grep ftp
allow_ftpd_anon_write --> on
allow_ftpd_full_access --> off
allow_ftpd_use_cifs --> off
allow_ftpd_use_nfs --> off
ftp_home_dir --> on
httpd_enable_ftp_server --> off
[root@kiriyamablevins ~]#

thanks guys.... but do you have an idea how to link my ftp files to www domain?

[dshansonia]

Thanks for the solution to vsftpd error message:
500 OOPS: cannot change directory
su -
getsebool -a | grep ftp
setsebool -P ftp_home_dir on
getsebool -a | grep ftp

also works on CentOS 6