From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Jun 26 07:05:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA10797 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 07:05:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from artorius.sunflower.com (artorius.sunflower.com [24.124.0.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA10758 for ; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 07:05:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsd-isp@artorius.sunflower.com) Received: from artorius.sunflower.com (artorius.sunflower.com [24.124.0.6]) by artorius.sunflower.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id JAA04012; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 09:05:05 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from bsd-isp@artorius.sunflower.com) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 09:05:05 -0500 (CDT) From: "Stephen D. Spencer" To: IBS / Andre Oppermann cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Homedir 'hiding' In-Reply-To: <3593A42A.6241BDF1@pipeline.ch> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, IBS / Andre Oppermann wrote: > We give our customers at the moment only chrooted ftp access (ftpd > with internal LS) to their www-homedirs. Some users however ask for > telnet access. > > The problem we have is that if someone logs in that person can see > all homedirectories of other customers. The user with telnet access > has an own group but can still see the other homedirs but not enter > them (no permission of course). > [...] Hmmm... well, IMHO, if you are trying to chroot them into their directory there is no point in giving them telnet access. Fortunately, the company I work for didn't start out giving out shell accounts. My experience is that if you give it, it's hard to take away :) A non-technical answer to a technical question... but what the heck... Regards, Stephen --------------------------------------------------------------------- - Stephen Spencer finger gladiatr@artorius.sunflower.com for - - administrator PGP key. - - Sunflower Datavision http://www.sunflower.com - --------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message