vsftpd unable to change to a directory

[stephen]

Fix vsftpd User Cannot Change directory

Solution found at
http://www.jihe.net/technical/my_linux_whitebox/

text below obtained from above web site

Problem: with vsftpd running, user can make connection, list directory contents, and download files, yet cannot upload file or create new directory.

Procedure:

1. Checked user home directory and made sure the user has the right permission to write files/directories.
2. Did intensive search online, found this is related with SELinux. Most online discussions suggest disabling SELinux, which is not what I want.
3. More search revealed that this can be fixed by altering SELinux policies. Tried:
setsebool -P ftpd_disable_trans 1
/sbin/service vsftpd restart
and logged back to ftp. PROBLEM FIXED.
4. Further discovered this is essentially to create a file
/etc/selinux/targeted/booleans.local
and append line
ftpd_disable_trans=1