From owner-freebsd-questions  Mon May  7  9:13:48 2001
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mail2.wmptl.com (mail2.wmptl.com [216.94.6.26])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5299037B423
	for <questions@freebsd.org>; Mon,  7 May 2001 09:13:43 -0700 (PDT)
	(envelope-from webmaster@wmptl.com)
Received: from wmptl.com ([10.0.0.168])
	by mail2.wmptl.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA47805;
	Mon, 7 May 2001 12:17:13 -0400 (EDT)
	(envelope-from webmaster@wmptl.com)
Message-ID: <3AF6C867.675A4FD@wmptl.com>
Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 12:08:07 -0400
From: Nathan Vidican <webmaster@wmptl.com>
X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win95; U)
X-Accept-Language: en
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: Walter Betancourt <walt@betan.com>
Cc: questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: restricting ftp access
References: <4.2.2.20010507115416.00b6a320@pop3.palace.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Precedence: bulk
X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG

Walter Betancourt wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know how to restrict ftp access for a virtual host to only
> their directories
> 
> besides using /etc/ftpchroot ?
> 
> I have a sub-domain virtual host that if I put in ftpchroot it restricts
> total access,
> 
> dont know why, but is there another methos to restrict access by ftp.
> 
> thanks
> 
> Walt
> 
> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

man chmod, man chown

You can change the permissions structure so as not to allow a user to
exit a directory. For example: user is logged into /home/users/someuser,
they can cd to /home/users, but not down to /home; and therefore not to
anything below /home (eg: /etc).

Nathan Vidican
nathan@vidican.com / webmaster@wmptl.com
Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd.
http://home.wmptl.com/

To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message