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Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 08:44:51 +0100
From: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org>
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On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 10:38:39AM +0530, Sunil Sunder Raj typed:
> Hi,
> proftp is the best bet. It locks the user in his home directory not allowng 
> him to go below his home directory.
 
Why install a port when the base system ftpd can do the same thing? All
you need to do is put the users you want chrooted in their homedir in
/etc/ftpchroot.

man ftpd

Ruben

> Regards
> SSR
> 
> 
> >From: "Shawn Guillemette" <shawn@guillemette.org>
> >To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> >Subject: chroot users
> >Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 16:45:58 -0800
> >
> >I want to chroot users to there home directories so that I can allow them 
> >to use FTP and not worry about someone going lower then there home dir..
> >
> >
> >
> >looking for a howto or links that might help out.
> >
> >Shawn
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