setting a public ftp server - 500 OOPS: cannot change directory

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my dir is "/mnt/temp_dir/photos/stories"

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ls -l
drwxrwxrwx+ 21 nobody nogroup     73728 Mar 12 15:22  stories

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cat /etc/vsftpd.conf 
listen=NO
listen_ipv6=YES
anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
local_umask=022
dirmessage_enable=YES
use_localtime=YES
xferlog_enable=YES
connect_from_port_20=YES
chroot_local_user=YES
secure_chroot_dir=/var/run/vsftpd/empty
pam_service_name=vsftpd
rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
rsa_private_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
ssl_enable=NO
pasv_enable=Yes
pasv_min_port=10000
pasv_max_port=10100
allow_writeable_chroot=YES
user_sub_token=$USER
# user_config_dir=/mnt/temp_dir/photos/stories
local_root=/mnt/temp_dir/photos/stories/$USER  #Not ftpuser exists under 

#user_config_dir=/etc/vsftpd.conf 
userlist_file=/etc/vsftpd.userlist
vsftpd_log_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log

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cat /etc/vsftpd.userlist 
ftpuser

but when do that a 500 oops error appears:

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 ftp 127.0.0.1
Connected to 127.0.0.1.
220 (vsFTPd 3.0.3)
Name (127.0.0.1:eros): ftpuser
331 Please specify the password.
Password: 
500 OOPS: cannot change directory:/mnt/temp_dir/photos/stories
ftp: Login failed
ftp> 

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I have disabled SELinux

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 groups ftpuser
ftpuser : ftpuser sudo users

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getent group|grep -w ftpuser
sudo:x:27:eros,ftpuser
users:x:100:eros,ftpuser
ftpuser:x:1001:

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ftp:x:117:134:ftp daemon,,,:/srv/ftp:/usr/sbin/nologin
ftpuser:x:1001:1001:,,,:/mnt/temp_dir/photos/stories:/bin/bash

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UPDATE
after changing in /etc/passw these lines, output is "login failed"

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ftp:x:117:134:ftp daemon,,,:/mnt/temp_dir/photos/:/srv/ftp:/mnt/temp_dir/photos/stories/:/usr/sbin/nologin
ftpuser:x:1001:1001:,,,:/mnt/temp_dir/photos/:/mnt/temp_dir/photos/stories:/bin/bash

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after changing permissions to the parent folder,

adding

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ftp_username=ftpuser

to vsftpd.conf file,
i successfully login but no files or directories are listed either in bash ftp or in filezila while they exists

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sudo chmod -R 755 /mnt/temp_dir/

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Command:	USER ftpuser
Response:	331 Please specify the password.
Command:	PASS ***
Response:	230 Login successful.
Status:	Server does not support non-ASCII characters.
Status:	Logged in
Status:	Retrieving directory listing...
Command:	PWD
Response:	257 "/" is the current directory
Status:	Directory listing of "/" successful

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ftp 127.0.0.1
Connected to 127.0.0.1.
220 (vsFTPd 3.0.3)
Name (127.0.0.1:eros): ftpuser
331 Please specify the password.
Password: 
230 Login successful.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> dir
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||10032|)
150 Here comes the directory listing.
226 Transfer done (but failed to open directory).
ftp> vdir

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solved! making sure that:

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user_sub_token=$USER
local_root=/mnt/temp_dir/photos/stories/$USER

as well creating a directory named ftpuser under stories and then

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sudo chown ftpuser:ftpuser ftpuser/

it worked!

Now, i would like to find how i can get it public.