I've been trying to get vsftpd working but have had no luck so far. This is my config: anonymous_enable=NO local_enable=YES write_enable=YES local_umask=022 dirmessage_enable=YES xferlog_enable=YES connect_from_port_20=YES xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log xferlog_std_format=YES ascii_upload_enable=YES ascii_download_enable=YES ftpd_banner=Welcome to Darkstar FTP service. listen=YES pam_service_name=vsftpd userlist_enable=YES tcp_wrappers=YES pasv_max_port=1024 no_anon_password=YES I am able to connect from my client system to the server. I login as user pgaltieri, am prompted for password, and when I enter it I am logged in. However, once this happens I can't do anything. If I try to put a file I get: ftp> put SPAM local: SPAM remote: SPAM 227 Entering Passive Mode (10,0,0,70,31,17). 553 Could not create file. If I try to list the directory: ftp> dir 227 Entering Passive Mode (10,0,0,70,211,221). 150 Here comes the directory listing. 226 Transfer done (but failed to open directory). ftp> The directory ownership on the server is: [pgaltieri@darkstar ~]$ /bin/ls -ld /home/pgaltieri drwxr-xr-x. 38 pgaltieri pgaltieri 4096 2009-07-16 10:40 /home/pgaltieri I changed this from the default 700 wondering if this might be the cause but it made no difference. I'm sure I'm doing something stupid, but I don't remember it being this hard to set up. I'm also logged in as the same user on the client system. The directory permissions on the client are 700 [pgaltieri@peglaptop10 ~]$ /bin/ls -ld ~pgaltieri drwx------. 62 pgaltieri pgaltieri 4096 2009-07-16 11:34 /home/pgaltieri I tried it with 755 but it still fails. I would appreciate any help from someone who can tell me what I'm missing. It seems to be a permissions issue on the server, but I don't know what it could be. I'm not getting any selinux alerts. Thanks Paolo