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Ubuntu - FTP - VSFTP - Chroot users in VsFtpd

To jail / chroot users (not the VsFtpd service), there are three choices. Search for “chroot_local_users” on the file and consider one of the following:

1. All users are jailed by default:

vi /etc/vsftpd.conf

and modify as: 

chroot_local_user=YES
chroot_list_enable=NO

2. Just some users are jailed:

vi /etc/vsftpd.conf

and modify as: 

chroot_local_user=NO
chroot_list_enable=YES

Create the file /etc/vsftpd.chroot_list with a list of the jailed users.

3. Just some users are "free":

vi /etc/vsftpd.conf

and modify as: 

chroot_local_user=YES
chroot_list_enable=YES

Create the file /etc/vsftpd.chroot_list with a list of the “free” users.