I'm new to Linux and I am having a helluva time with this despite all that I read and all that I try.

I am loged on to RH9 as root

I created a directory /home/ftp

Created a user techuser and made their home directory /home/ftp

in /etc/vsftpd.conf, I have:

chroot_list_enamble=YES
chroot_local_user=YES
chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot.list

It seems that no matter what I try, and I have spent 3 days doing this, when techuser logs on, techuser can browse the entire hard drive.

I have found plenty of chroot documentation for wu-ftpd, but I have difficulty associating those instructions with vsftpd.

Would anyone be willing to hold my hand and walk me through this?

TIA

Hi!

You have to add the name(s) of the users you wish to chroot to the vsftpd.chroot_list file so vsftpd will know to chroot them! It should be in the /etc dir. It's just a text file you can edit with vi or whatever you please.
You might also want to change the shell to /sbin/nologin for users that you want to have FTP access only.

HTH!