Cant restrict FTP access to www directory - CentOS7

Objective:

I am trying to create a simple sftp access to the /var/www/ directory.

My Problem:

When I login via ftp, although I get access to the /var/www/ -I have access to the root directory also. I changed the chroot option as mentioned below to YES but still the problem persists. I cant seem to restrict access just to the /var/www folder.

Any help is appreciated.

Environment

• CentOS7

Config

Below is my /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf file

I created the user like so;

sudo useradd -m ftpuser -d /var/www/ sudo passwd ftpuser 

With the config file below, I have tried both with

chroot_local_user=YES 

and

chroot_local_user=NO 

VSFTPD Conf file

local_enable=YES write_enable=YES local_umask=022 allow_ftpd_full_access dirmessage_enable=YES xferlog_enable=YES xferlog_std_format=YES connect_from_port_20=YES userlist_enable=YES chroot_local_user=YES listen=NO listen_ipv6=YES pam_service_name=vsftpd tcp_wrappers=YES ssl_enable=YES rsa_cert_file=/etc/path_to_my_cert.pem rsa_private_key_file=/etc/path_to_my_keyv.pem