From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 29 05:16:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA11236 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 29 Jul 1998 05:16:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.cityip.co.za (ns.cityip.co.za [196.25.223.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id FAA11103 for ; Wed, 29 Jul 1998 05:15:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wjv@cityip.co.za) Received: from wjv by ns.cityip.co.za with local (Exim 1.82 #2) id 0z1V6q-0005Ka-00; Wed, 29 Jul 1998 14:13:32 +0200 Message-ID: <19980729141331.B20445@cityip.co.za> Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 14:13:31 +0200 From: Johann Visagie To: djv@bedford.net, "Douglas L. Setzer II" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FTP Server Mail-Followup-To: djv@bedford.net, "Douglas L. Setzer II" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <35BE370A.7D240BDD@bigfoot.com> <199807290257.WAA23073@lucy.bedford.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199807290257.WAA23073@lucy.bedford.net>; from CyberPeasant on Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 10:57:25PM -0400 X-PGP: ftp://ftp.cityip.co.za/users/wjv/pubkey.asc Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 28 Jul 1998 at 22:57 SAT, CyberPeasant wrote: > Douglas L. Setzer, II wrote: > > Sorry I am repeating this from a couple of months ago. I would like to > > setup a FTP server, but, I know with some FTP servers you can browse ALL > > over the FTP machine. I do not want users to be able to do this, due to > > security concerns. Does anyone know of a FTP server that would allow me > > to restrict this? > > > > The ftpd supplied with the system has these capabilities. man ftpd, > reading the section about user authentication. You're interested > in establishing what is called a "chroot"-ed environment. True. And if you want even _more_ functionality than the supplied ftpd, install the wu-ftpd port, and prepare to play with configuration options for weeks to come. :-) -- V Johann Visagie | Email: wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message