VSFTPD 500 OOPS: cannot change directory:/logs

I am getting error 500 OOPS: cannot change directory:/logs while using file zila client to access this directory. My linux kernel version is "4.9.11". I have created a user called log_user which corresponds to /logs directory. This custom user I have created this by using my custom yocto layer which corresponds to "rocko" version. Below is my vsftpd.conf file

listen=YES anonymous_enable=NO local_enable=YES write_enable=YES local_umask=022 dirmessage_enable=YES xferlog_enable=YES connect_from_port_20=YES xferlog_std_format=YES chroot_list_enable=YES chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list pam_service_name=vsftpd userlist_deny=NO userlist_enable=YES use_localtime=YES chroot_local_user=YES allow_writeable_chroot=YES tcp_wrappers=YES local_enable=YES userlist_file=/etc/vsftpd.user_list virtual_use_local_privs=YES user_config_dir=/etc/vsftpd/user_config/

Below is my /etc/vsftpd/user_config/log_user file

local_root=/logs write_enable=YES

Here is the output of ls in the root directory for . and ..

$ ls -als / 4 drwxrwx--- 23 root netdev 4096 Jan 1 1970 . 4 drwxrwx--- 23 root netdev 4096 Jan 1 1970 ..

The /logs directory has 755 permissions. I have found one hack that is if I manually give the below command in the root directory ftp works like magic

cd / chmod 755 .

Is there any other way or some other configuration changes I can do to achieve ftp connection without touching the file permissions in the root directory? As I need to protect my file systems.

The /logs directory has 755 permissions. I have found one hack that is if I manually give the below command in the root directory ftp works like magic cd / chmod 755 . Is there any other way or some other configuration changes I can do to achieve ftp connection without touching the file permissions in the root directory? As I need to protect my file systems.

AFAIK all the directories from / down to the ftproot directory (/logs in your case), should have the execute bit on (meaning they should have 755 permissions), in order for the ftp directory to be searchable by the ftp server.
Same as the docroot for a webserver

Regards