title: Can't display files from a vsftpd server on centos 6
body: <p>It's a Centos 6 running apache server and vsftpd server. Problem is not about connection, it's about displaying folder from local_root directory.</p>
  
  <p>Here is /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf :</p>
  
  <pre><code># Example config file /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
  #
  # The default compiled in settings are fairly paranoid. This sample file
  # loosens things up a bit, to make the ftp daemon more usable.
  # Please see vsftpd.conf.5 for all compiled in defaults.
  #
  # READ THIS: This example file is NOT an exhaustive list of vsftpd options.
  # Please read the vsftpd.conf.5 manual page to get a full idea of vsftpd's
  # capabilities.
  #
  # Allow anonymous FTP? (Beware - allowed by default if you comment this ou$
  anonymous_enable=NO
  #
  # Uncomment this to allow local users to log in.
  local_enable=YES
  #
  # Uncomment this to enable any form of FTP write command.
  write_enable=YES
  #
  # Default umask for local users is 077. You may wish to change this to 022,
  # if your users expect that (022 is used by most other ftpd's)
  local_umask=022
  #
  # Uncomment this to allow the anonymous FTP user to upload files. This only
  # has an effect if the above global write enable is activated. Also, you w$
  # obviously need to create a directory writable by the FTP user.
  #anon_upload_enable=YES
  #
  # Uncomment this if you want the anonymous FTP user to be able to create
  # new directories.
  #anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES
  #
  # Activate directory messages - messages given to remote users when they
  # go into a certain directory.
  dirmessage_enable=YES
  #
  # The target log file can be vsftpd_log_file or xferlog_file.
  # This depends on setting xferlog_std_format parameter
  xferlog_enable=YES
  #
  # Make sure PORT transfer connections originate from port 20 (ftp-data).
  connect_from_port_20=YES
  #
  # If you want, you can arrange for uploaded anonymous files to be owned by
  # a different user. Note! Using "root" for uploaded files is not
  # recommended!
  #chown_uploads=YES
  #chown_username=whoever
  #
  # The name of log file when xferlog_enable=YES and xferlog_std_format=YES
  # WARNING - changing this filename affects /etc/logrotate.d/vsftpd.log
  #xferlog_file=/var/log/xferlog
  #
  # Switches between logging into vsftpd_log_file and xferlog_file files.
  # NO writes to vsftpd_log_file, YES to xferlog_file
  xferlog_std_format=YES
  #
  # You may change the default value for timing out an idle session.
  #idle_session_timeout=600
  #
  # You may change the default value for timing out a data connection.
  #data_connection_timeout=120
  #
  # It is recommended that you define on your system a unique user which the
  # ftp server can use as a totally isolated and unprivileged user.
  #nopriv_user=ftpsecure
  #
  # Enable this and the server will recognise asynchronous ABOR requests. Not
  # recommended for security (the code is non-trivial). Not enabling it,
  # however, may confuse older FTP clients.
  #async_abor_enable=YES
  #
  # By default the server will pretend to allow ASCII mode but in fact ignore
  # the request. Turn on the below options to have the server actually do AS$
  # mangling on files when in ASCII mode.
  # Beware that on some FTP servers, ASCII support allows a denial of service
  # attack (DoS) via the command "SIZE /big/file" in ASCII mode. vsftpd
  # predicted this attack and has always been safe, reporting the size of the
  # raw file.
  # ASCII mangling is a horrible feature of the protocol.
  ascii_upload_enable=YES
  ascii_download_enable=YES
  #
  # You may fully customise the login banner string:
  #ftpd_banner=Welcome to blah FTP service.
  #
  # You may specify a file of disallowed anonymous e-mail addresses. Apparently
  # useful for combatting certain DoS attacks.
  #deny_email_enable=YES
  # (default follows)
  #banned_email_file=/etc/vsftpd/banned_emails
  #
  # You may specify an explicit list of local users to chroot() to their home
  # directory. If chroot_local_user is YES, then this list becomes a list of
  # users to NOT chroot().
  #chroot_local_user=YES
  chroot_list_enable=YES
  # (default follows)
  chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd/chroot_list
  #
  # You may activate the "-R" option to the builtin ls. This is disabled by
  # default to avoid remote users being able to cause excessive I/O on large
  # sites. However, some broken FTP clients such as "ncftp" and "mirror" assume
  # the presence of the "-R" option, so there is a strong case for enabling it.
  ls_recurse_enable=YES
  #
  # When "listen" directive is enabled, vsftpd runs in standalone mode and
  # listens on IPv4 sockets. This directive cannot be used in conjunction
  # with the listen_ipv6 directive.
  listen=YES
  #
  # This directive enables listening on IPv6 sockets. To listen on IPv4 and IPv6
  # sockets, you must run two copies of vsftpd with two configuration files.
  # Make sure, that one of the listen options is commented !!
  #listen_ipv6=YES
  ## Heading ##
  pam_service_name=vsftpd
  userlist_enable=YES
  tcp_wrappers=YES
  
  chroot_local_user=YES
  local_root=/var/www
  user_sub_token=$USER
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here is ls -l output in / folder :</p>
  
  <pre><code>[root@daniel /]# ls -l
  total 98
  dr-xr-xr-x.   2 root root  4096 2015-05-14 04:43 bin
  dr-xr-xr-x.   5 root root  1024 2015-05-12 15:33 boot
  drwxr-xr-x.  20 root root  3820 2015-06-05 02:30 dev
  drwxr-xr-x. 103 root root 12288 2015-06-05 03:03 etc
  drwxr-xr-x.   5 root root  4096 2015-05-08 06:54 home
  dr-xr-xr-x.  11 root root  4096 2015-05-08 05:13 lib
  dr-xr-xr-x.   9 root root 12288 2015-06-04 03:25 lib64
  drwx------.   2 root root 16384 2015-05-08 04:13 lost+found
  drwxr-xr-x.   2 root root  4096 2011-09-23 14:50 media
  drwxr-xr-x.   2 root root     0 2015-06-05 02:29 misc
  drwxr-xr-x.   2 root root  4096 2011-09-23 14:50 mnt
  drwxr-xr-x.   2 root root     0 2015-06-05 02:29 net
  drwxr-xr-x.   3 root root  4096 2015-05-08 05:13 opt
  dr-xr-xr-x. 167 root root     0 2015-06-05 02:29 proc
  dr-xr-x---.  10 root root  4096 2015-06-04 03:02 root
  dr-xr-xr-x.   2 root root 12288 2015-05-24 03:34 sbin
  drwxr-xr-x.   7 root root     0 2015-06-05 02:29 selinux
  drwxr-xr-x.   2 root root  4096 2011-09-23 14:50 srv
  drwxr-xr-x.  13 root root     0 2015-06-05 02:29 sys
  drwxrwxrwt.   3 root root  4096 2015-06-05 03:28 tmp
  drwxr-xr-x.  13 root root  4096 2015-05-08 05:04 usr
  drwxr-xr-x.  22 root root  4096 2015-06-04 02:57 var
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This folder is displayed in browser or ftp connection(ftp 192.168.1.10) but /var/www is not :(.</p>
  
  <p>Also ls -l /var/www : </p>
  
  <pre><code>[root@daniel /]# ls -al /var/www
  total 84
  drwxrwxr-x+ 11 root root 4096 2015-06-04 05:32 .
  drwxr-xr-x. 22 root root 4096 2015-06-04 02:57 ..
  drwxrwxr-x+  3 root root 4096 2015-05-22 06:09 site1.com
  drwxrwxr-x+  3 root root 4096 2015-05-22 05:30 site2.com
  drwxrwxr-x+  2 root root 4096 2015-06-02 05:59 cgi-bin
  drwxrwxr-x+  3 root root 4096 2015-05-20 05:55 error
  drwxrwxr-x+  2 root root 4096 2015-06-04 05:32 ftp
  drwxrwxr-x+  2 root root 4096 2015-05-22 03:55 html
  drwxrwxr-x+  3 root root 4096 2015-05-20 05:58 icons
  drwxrwxr-x+  3 root root 4096 2015-05-22 05:30 site3.com
  drwxrwxr-x+  2 root root 4096 2015-05-19 07:26 usage
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And also selinux bools for ftp :</p>
  
  <pre><code>[root@daniel /]# getsebool -a | grep ftp
  allow_ftpd_anon_write --&gt; off
  allow_ftpd_full_access --&gt; off
  allow_ftpd_use_cifs --&gt; off
  allow_ftpd_use_nfs --&gt; off
  ftp_home_dir --&gt; on
  ftpd_connect_db --&gt; off
  ftpd_use_fusefs --&gt; off
  ftpd_use_passive_mode --&gt; off
  httpd_enable_ftp_server --&gt; off
  tftp_anon_write --&gt; off
  tftp_use_cifs --&gt; off
  tftp_use_nfs --&gt; off
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Sorry for this too long question, but I tried to expose all details you need to solve this problem.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance for your help!</p>