Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 09:05:05 -0500 (CDT) From: "Stephen D. Spencer" <bsd-isp@artorius.sunflower.com> To: IBS / Andre Oppermann <andre@pipeline.ch> Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Homedir 'hiding' Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980626090006.3982A-100000@artorius.sunflower.com> In-Reply-To: <3593A42A.6241BDF1@pipeline.ch>
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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
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