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# service vsftpd start
vsftpd start/pre-start, process 19503

# ftp localhost
ftp: connect: Connection refused
ftp>

# tail syslog
Apr 3 19:09:13 posix1c kernel: [5432924.750678] init: vsftpd main process (19514) terminated with status 1
Apr 3 19:09:13 posix1c kernel: [5432924.750692] init: vsftpd main process ended, respawning
Apr 3 19:09:13 posix1c kernel: [5432924.753473] init: vsftpd main process (19517) terminated with status 1
Apr 3 19:09:13 posix1c kernel: [5432924.753489] init: vsftpd main process ended, respawning
Apr 3 19:09:13 posix1c kernel: [5432924.756226] init: vsftpd main process (19520) terminated with status 1
Apr 3 19:09:13 posix1c kernel: [5432924.756240] init: vsftpd main process ended, respawning
Apr 3 19:09:13 posix1c kernel: [5432924.758928] init: vsftpd main process (19523) terminated with status 1
Apr 3 19:09:13 posix1c kernel: [5432924.758942] init: vsftpd main process ended, respawning
Apr 3 19:09:13 posix1c kernel: [5432924.761728] init: vsftpd main process (19526) terminated with status 1
Apr 3 19:09:13 posix1c kernel: [5432924.761743] init: vsftpd respawning too fast, stopped

# vsftpd
500 OOPS: unrecognised variable in config file: allow_writeable_chroot

# grep allow_writeable_chroot /etc/vsftpd.conf
allow_writeable_chroot=YES

Comment out:
# grep allow_writeable_chroot /etc/vsftpd.conf
#allow_writeable_chroot=YES

# service vsftpd start
vsftpd start/running, process 19652

Service stays up:
# ftp localhost
Connected to localhost.
220 (vsFTPd 2.3.5)
Name (localhost:user):

# rpm -qa –qf “%{n}.%{arch}\n”
pciutils-devel.x86_64
pkgconfig.x86_64
libusb.x86_64
info.x86_64
desktop-file-utils.x86_64
m4.x86_64
ORBit2.x86_64
perl-Compress-Zlib.x86_64
mkisofs.x86_64
ttmkfdir.x86_64
…

# rpm -qa –qf “%{n}.%{arch}\n” | grep i386 | head
glib2.i386
libSM.i386
audiofile.i386
gmp.i386
pcsc-lite-libs.i386
libXrandr.i386
libXdamage.i386
pcsc-lite-devel.i386
libogg-devel.i386
db4-devel.i386
…

# yum list | grep i386 | head
GConf2.i386 2.14.0-9.el5 installed
NetworkManager.i386 1:0.7.0-13.el5 installed
NetworkManager-glib.i386 1:0.7.0-13.el5 installed
ORBit2.i386 2.14.3-5.el5 installed
OpenIPMI-libs.i386 2.0.16-16.el5 installed
aex-nsclt.i386 6.2-1378 installed
alsa-lib.i386 1.0.17-1.el5 installed
apr.i386 1.2.7-11.el5_6.5 installed
apr-util.i386 1.2.7-11.el5_5.2 installed
aspell.i386 12:0.60.3-13 installed


#!/bin/bash

# Created 20131119 by Jamey Hopkins
# Cancel all jobs older than X days.
#
# Example: qpurge.sh 1 will cancel jobs older than prior day
# qpurge.sh 0 will cancel jobs older than current day
# Note: Use a regular cancel -a to cancel all jobs.
# 20131217 JAH – Display before and after counts.
# – Echo Checking queues and canceling job #.
# – Check for at least 2 files. There should be a control file and at least 1 data.
# 20140114 JAH – Exit if lpstat not found.
# 20140124 JAH – Strip preceding zeroes in job id
# 20140218 JAH – Added section for a plain cancel -a of specific queues
#

if [ “$1” = “” ]; then
   echo Enter days to cancel.
   echo Example: qpurge 1
   exit 1
fi

if [ `id -un` != “root” ]; then
   echo “Need to be root.”
   exit 1
fi

if [ ! `which lpstat` ]; then
   exit 1
fi

X=$1

echo “Checking queues…”

BEFORE=`lpstat -o | wc -l`

# cancel all jobs for specific queues here
#CA=”q1 q2 q3″
if [ -n “$CA” ]; then
   echo “Canceling all jobs on: $CA”
   cancel -a $CA >/dev/null 2>&1
fi

# clear jobs by age
find /var/spool/cups/d* -daystart -mtime +$X >qpurge.tmp 2>/dev/null
for FILE in `cat qpurge.tmp`
do
   JOB=`basename $FILE | sed ‘s/d//g’ | cut -f1 -d-`
   # strip preceding zeroes
   JOB=`echo $JOB | sed ‘s/^0*//’`
   INQ=””;INQ=`lpstat -o | grep — “-$JOB”`
   if [ ! -e c${JOB}* -a “$INQ” != “” ]; then
      echo Canceling $JOB
      cancel $JOB >/dev/null 2>&1
   fi
done

AFTER=`lpstat -o | wc -l`
echo;echo “Jobs Remaining ($AFTER of $BEFORE):”
lpstat -o

rm qpurge.tmp

echo

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500 OOPS: vsftpd: refusing to run with writable root inside chroot()

Solution:
chmod ugo-w /path/to/directory