From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 20 08:02:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA17709 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 08:02:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from srv1.thuntek.net (srv1.thuntek.net [206.206.98.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA17702 for ; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 08:02:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freaker@null.net) Received: from shell1.thuntek.net (freaker@shell1.thuntek.net [206.206.98.21]) by srv1.thuntek.net (8.9.1/8.6.12TNT1.0) with ESMTP id JAA10164; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 09:02:01 -0700 (MST) Received: from localhost by shell1.thuntek.net (8.8.8/client-1.3) id JAA27508; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 09:02:00 -0700 (MST) Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 09:02:00 -0700 (MST) From: Jason Schwab X-Sender: freaker@shell1.thuntek.net To: Steven Yang cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: underprivileged accounts In-Reply-To: <839A86AB6CE4D111A52200104B938D430B06B6@MOE> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Ah yes there is a way to block out ftp users, deny them from logging in thro ftp, that is simple, just put there username in /etc/ftpusers for the keeping the ftp user in his homedir and nothing but, put the username in /etc/ftpchroot :-) _________________________________________________________ > Jason Schwab & freaker@null.net & www.freaker.net < --------------------------------------------------------- PGP Key - http://www.freaker.net/pgpkey --------------------------------------------------------- On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Steven Yang wrote: > We have some password-protected ftp accounts, but there's one problem: > They are user accounts also that have access to lots of stuff. These > user accounts are not in the group wheel, so they can't su, but they can > certainly view tons of information in other directories. Is there a way > to create an FTP account that can't log in? Is there a way to create a > user account that can't view anything outside of its home directory? > > Thanks, > Steven > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message