From owner-freebsd-security Sat Apr 24 15:22: 2 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from chapman.karlskrona.se (chapman.karlskrona.se [195.84.83.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F2EE15130 for ; Sat, 24 Apr 1999 15:21:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from erik@chapman.karlskrona.se) Received: from luke (dialup145-2-32.swipnet.se [130.244.145.96]) by chapman.karlskrona.se (8.9.2/8.9.2) with SMTP id AAA10355 for ; Sun, 25 Apr 1999 00:19:32 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from erik@chapman.karlskrona.se) Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.19990425001944.00904430@chapman.karlskrona.se> X-Sender: erik@chapman.karlskrona.se X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 00:19:44 +0200 To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org From: erik Subject: limit ftp users to their homedir Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org is there a way to deny a registered user access to anything but his own homedirectory? it would be nice if it was the same as with anonymous access.. ie. users who cwd to "/" , really enters the virtual ftp root instead of the real system root. is this possible to do with _none anonymous_ users? for example: in a normal setup, when user foo ftps to the system, the initial directory will be his homedirectory. when (for some reason) he cwd to "/" he will enter the real system root. can you limit him to only access his own stuff, ie. a cwd to / will bring him to /home/fred. any suggestions appreciated! /erik To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message