Comment 110 for bug 1160372

(In reply to comment #58)
> Hi Michal,
>
> Thanks for the reply. I have switched to sftp to bypass this issue.
> Here is the info you asked:
>
> # ftp ftp://ueser:*****.@localhost
> Trying ::1...
> ftp: connect to address ::1: Connection refused
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.
> 220 Welcome message
> 331 Please specify the password.
> 500 OOPS: vsftpd: refusing to run with writable root inside chroot()
> ftp: Login failed.
> ftp: Can't connect or login to host `localhost'
> 500 OOPS: priv_sock_get_cmd

Add

    allow_writeable_chroot=YES

to the bottom of your /etc/vsftpd.conf file.