Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 00:40:54 -0400 (EDT) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: notme@lvdi.net (notme) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root director for FTP users Message-ID: <199904060440.AAA22415@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <37096EE2.C1D0E639@lvdi.net> from notme at "Apr 5, 99 07:18:10 pm"
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notme wrote, > Hi, > I am wondering if there is a way to change the root director > of the a FTP user to /var/ftp, and make it so that he/she cannot > change to a higher hierachy directory. (i.e. /var is not permitted) > > Chroot somehow doesn't work unless the ftp user is su... and I > couldn't figure out why... 'Unless the ftp user is su...' I'm not sure what that means, but setting things up as you describe should be a breeze. Just make the home directory of the anonymous ftp user (ftp) '/var/ftp' and then set up the account as described in 'man ftpd'. Or are you trying to do something more complicated? -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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