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Date:      10 Jan 2001 13:39:11 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, kyle.peterson@sk.sympatico.ca
Subject:   Re: Restricting users to home directory
Message-ID:  <44ae8zqmk0.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net>
In-Reply-To: kyle.peterson@sk.sympatico.ca's message of "10 Jan 2001 17:53:23 %2B0100"
References:  <000501c07b25$bef7a140$64d2010a@felix>

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kyle.peterson@sk.sympatico.ca (Kyle Peterson) writes:

> I am trying to restrict certain users on my FreeBSD 4.2 system so they can't
> leave their home directory.  I am trying  to set up certain accounts that
> will be used for ftp & I don't want the ftp user to be able to leave their
> home directory.  How would I do this?  Thank you.  Also, could you reply to
> both my e-mail address & the mailing list.

Put them in /etc/ftpchroot.  
Some additional details are in the manual; "man 8 ftpd".


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