vsftpd chroot_local_user does nothing

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Published on 2011-01-03T05:02:54Z Indexed on 2011/01/03 5:55 UTC
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Hello all.

I'm setting up a vsftpd server on:

Linux 2.6.32-26-server #48-Ubuntu SMP Wed Nov 24 10:28:32 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

When I set chroot_local_user=YES, there is no effect (I can still see / when I log in). There is nothing in syslog or /var/log/vsftpd.log to indicate what's wrong. I know that I'm editing the right conf file and that other settings do come into effect when I restart the daemon, because these work:

ssl_enable=YES
force_local_data_ssl=YES
force_local_logins_ssl=YES

Any idea what's wrong? Thanks.

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