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From: James Wyatt <jwyatt@rwsystems.net>
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Subject: Re: Limiting User Actions
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On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, Francis A. Vidal wrote:
> Speaking of FTP, you can modify the stock FTP that came with the
> source to chroot your users to their home directories. Just re-compile
> `ftpd' with the -DFTPD_INTERNAL_LS option and install it. Consult the
> man pages for constructing /etc/ftpchroot =)

Maybe this is a good time to ask: Why *isn't* it compiled that way by
default? Is there *any* benefit to allowing it except maybe that all UIDs
'resolve' if not limited by the chrooted /etc/passwd? - Jy@



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