VIRTUALCHROOT not working on upgraded Ubuntu 14.04 PureFTP

Discussion in 'Installation/Configuration' started by fbarcenas, Jan 6, 2017.

  1. fbarcenas

    fbarcenas Member

    I recently upgraded the ISPCONFIG version on an Ubuntu 14.04 server from 3.0.5p to 3.1.
    All the FTP users began getting "550 Can't change directory to / Permission denied" errors when trying to access ftp. I finally decided to disable VIRTUALCHROOT in /etc/default/pure-ftpd-common to make it work. Does anyone have any idea why it's failing?
    /var/log/syslog shows:
    Code:
    Jan  5 18:03:06 web pure-ftpd: ([email protected]) [INFO] Can't change directory to /: Permission denied
    Jan  5 18:03:08 web pure-ftpd: ([email protected]) [INFO] Can't change directory to /: Permission denied
    Jan  5 18:03:08 web pure-ftpd: ([email protected]) [INFO] Can't change directory to /private: Permission denied
    Jan  5 18:03:10 web pure-ftpd: ([email protected]) [INFO] Can't change directory to /: Permission denied
    Jan  5 18:03:11 web pure-ftpd: ([email protected]) [INFO] Can't change directory to /cgi-bin: Permission denied
    Jan  5 18:03:12 web pure-ftpd: ([email protected]) [INFO] Can't change directory to /: Permission denied
     
    Last edited: Jan 6, 2017
  2. till

    till Super Moderator Staff Member ISPConfig Developer

    I have not seen that issue yet on a server.
     

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