VSFTP chroot or jail users – limit users to only their home directory

Solved

• Open vsftpd configuration file - /etc/vsftpd.conf

sudo vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

• Make sure following line exists (and uncommented):

chroot_local_user=YES

• Save and close the file. Restart vsftpd.

sudo service vsftpd restart

Ref

• Tested on Ubuntu 14.04
• http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/vsftp-chroot-users-limit-to-only-their-home-directory.html
• http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/90472/jail-only-a-specific-user-with-vsftpd
• http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/94603/limit-ftp-access-only-to-the-var-www-with-vsftpd