[vsftpd] cannot change directory?

[llbbl]

Ok here is what i did. Maybe you all can help me figure out why it will not work. I created a new account just for ftp access. I edited the vsftd.conf file:

chroot_local_user=YES
anonymous_enable=NO

Well when i change the ftp user account to the web directory and try to login it doesn't work.

#usermod -d <directory> <user>

I am thinking that maybe SELinux might have something to do with it? All i want is a user account that I can FTP in with that goes directly to the web directory, but I can't seem to change the default directory for that user and succefully login with that account.

I tried moving over the .bash_* files from the /home/<user> folder, but that didn't work either =/.

[llbbl]

hmm well i can set the default remote folder to be the web directory if I connect using SFTP protocol. I guess I'll just do it that way. Does SFTP utilize vsftpd or the ssh service? Also is SFTP traffic encrypted?

[Jman]

sftp, AKA scp on the command line, is over ssh and is thus encrypted, making it probably the better choice.