If you have the ftp error below with SELinux enabled, you can disable SELinux to resolve the issue.
[root@localhost ~]# ftp localhost
Connected to localhost (127.0.0.1).
220 (vsFTPd 2.2.2)
Name (localhost:user): user
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
500 OOPS: cannot change directory:/home/user
Login failed.
ftp> quit
Or you can use setsebool
su -
getsebool -a | grep ftp
setsebool -P ftp_home_dir on
getsebool -a | grep ftp
