Problems with vsftpd on Fedora 16

[Michael D. Setzer II]

Was trying to setup vsftp on a system in my classroom, and have 
run into a few issues.

Started the vsftpd, but it would not let one log in with correct user 
id and password.

Found solution by adding /bin/bash to the /etc/shells

But then would get error that it couldn't change to users directory.

Found solution for that, but it would not work?

setsebool -P ftp_home_dir 1

That just sits there, but

setsebool ftp_home_dir 1

works immediately, and the value is changed, and ftping works.
But why doesn't it work with the -P option? No error.

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  Michael D. Setzer II -  Computer Science Instructor      
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