From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 15 23:30:16 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from rivendell.mel.vet.com.au (rivendell.mel.vet.com.au [203.103.154.61]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C74DC44FE for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2000 23:30:11 -0800 (PST) Received: (from lodea@localhost) by rivendell.mel.vet.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA00615; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 18:30:36 +1100 (EST) Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 18:30:35 +1100 From: "Lachlan O'Dea" To: Jason Lam Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Limit ftp access area? Message-ID: <20000216183035.F333@vet.com.au> Mail-Followup-To: Jason Lam , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <001b01bf784d$c2917230$0201a8c0@jasonlam> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.1.3i In-Reply-To: <001b01bf784d$c2917230$0201a8c0@jasonlam>; from jasonlam@softhome.net on Wed, Feb 16, 2000 at 02:16:34AM -0500 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Feb 16, 2000 at 02:16:34AM -0500, Jason Lam wrote: > I am running wu-ftpd, I notice that whenever a normal user ftp in, they > could browse around almost anywhere, is there anyway I can limit their > access to their home directory? By default, FTP users will have exactly the same read/write permissions they would have if they logged into the machine. > Do I have to get proftpd to do this? I don't think so. I'd look at using chroot to restrict FTP users to their home directory. I've only done this for anonymous FTP, and that was a while ago, so I can't help you with the details. -- Lachlan O'Dea Computer Associates Pty Ltd Webmaster Vet - Anti-Virus Software http://www.vet.com.au/ "Your hate has made you powerful." - Emperor Palpatine To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message