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!

Can you try adding `seccomp_sandbox=NO` in your `vsftpd.conf` ? — krisFR, Feb 12 '14 at 15:06
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? — Hunter, Feb 12 '14 at 15:15

krisFR · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-12T16:06:25.923

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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 :

edited Feb 12 '14 at 16:06

answered Feb 12 '14 at 15:57

krisFR

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It also works in alpine linux – lepe Jun 27 '18 at 07:07

vsftp error: 500 OOPS: child died

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