vsftp error: 500 OOPS: child died

Question

I installed vsftp, and then setup the config file as following:

anonymous_enable=NO

local_enable=YES

write_enable=YES

local_umask=022

chroot_local_user=NO

chroot_list_enable=YES

chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list

xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log

anon_root=/var/ftp

local_root=~

and in /etc/vsftpd.chroot_list, I added the users that I allow to log in.

and then restart service:

service vsftpd restart

then when I try to log in, I got this error:

ftp> open 127.0.0.1

Connected to 127.0.0.1.
500 OOPS: child died

I googled, but failed to find the answer.

Please help, thanks!

Solution

On Unbuntu 13.10, some has reported this error and have fixed it by adding :

seccomp_sandbox=NO in vsftpd.conf

It seems this is because :

With version 3.0 of vsftpd, a new feature was introduced and it appears that this has caused problems for a few people. That feature is seccomp sandboxing and it can turned off

Further infos :

• http://delightlylinux.wordpress.com/2013/12/18/fixing-the-vsftpd-500-child-died-error-in-xubuntu-13-10/
• http://technologytales.com/2013/09/21/turning-off-seccomp-sandbox-in-vsftpd/

Comments

[krisFR]

What is your OS ?

[Hunter]

ubuntu 13.10, using linode VPS.

[krisFR]

Can you try adding seccomp_sandbox=NO in your vsftpd.conf ?

[Hunter]

that works! Magic. Thanks very much! This problem bothers me for quite a long time. So, could you tell me what is this directive doing and why none of the tutorials I saw mention it?

[krisFR]

great! i've made an answer for it.

[lepe]

It also works in alpine linux