I followed all the steps given to set up vsftpd on Ubuntu. Including making root own the home directory of the user im using for ftp. But because of that i cant upload only download is there a way to make it work?
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The instructions for Ubuntu 12.04 worked for me… - https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-vsftpd-on-ubuntu-12-04
Which tutorial did you follow to set this up? If your directory is owned by root then the root user will likely be the only one with write permissions.