file permissions - Cannot read/write FTP directory vsftpd on centos 6.0 (empty folder)

I have Centos 6.0 and installed vsftp with YUM, I added a user with Webmin panel, set its home dir to "/var/www/html" and its shell to "/bin/sh", user id is 500, user group is same as name: "adrian_ftp".

When I start a ftp program it logs in but the remote folder always shows empty.

I set directory owner and group to adrian_ftp:adrian_ftp , no change, I also made them 0777, no change.

Any ideas? I tried for over 3-4 hours :|

Answer

It's selinux for 99 % ;-)

# getenforce
Enforcing

Turn it off by:

# setenforce 0
# vim /etc/sysconfig/selinux

And set it to "disabled" in that file or "permissive" if you plan to turn it on sometime in future or you want to track selinux errors.

For FTP I highly recommend NOT to turn it off. Follow the RHEL 6 guides how to set it up properly for a FTP site.