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Date:      Mon, 11 Jan 1999 10:42:12 -0800 (PST)
From:      Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com>
To:        ryanm <ryanm@accn.org>
Cc:        "freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: chroot wu_ftp??
Message-ID:  <Pine.SUN.3.96.990111103648.18201A-100000@roble3.roble.com>
In-Reply-To: <369A3284.AE26D08D@accn.org>

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> I recently asked how to chroot() my ftp server. I got several responses 
> from ppl recommending proftp and I tried it. Solaris 2.5.1 has a nasty
> bug though and I cannot create the /dev directories in every user's
> home directory.

We've done this under every version of Solaris and SunOS since 4.02.  What
bug are you referring to?

> I am wondering if there is a way I can limit certain
> users to there home directory and only there home directory?? Is there
> something like a /etc/ftpchroot file?? 

Under FreeBSD you'll need to `man ftpd`.  Under Solaris install the wu-ftp
package from http://sunfreeware.com/. 

Roger Marquis
Roble Systems consulting
http://www.roble.com/


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