We disable security, because chroot() does not work with our non-root usage. With chdir() it's unsafe as a general network service, but can be used for bootstrapping on a local network. diff -u -r ../busybox-1.23.1/networking/ftpd.c ./networking/ftpd.c --- ../busybox-1.23.1/networking/ftpd.c 2015-01-27 03:51:46.000000000 -0500 +++ ./networking/ftpd.c 2015-02-06 16:38:33.202473045 -0500 @@ -1230,7 +1230,7 @@ G.root_fd = xopen("/", O_RDONLY | O_DIRECTORY); close_on_exec_on(G.root_fd); #endif - xchroot(argv[0]); + xchdir(argv[0]); } /* RFC-959 Section 5.1