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From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
To: Simon Lindgren <lindgren@istudio.no>
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Subject: Re: inetd's ftp and security
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On Thu, 23 Jan 1997, Simon Lindgren wrote:

> I would like some of the functionality found in Windows ftp-servers, i.e.
> the ability to lock users into selected directory structures, and not
> allowing them even to CD out of it. inetd lets all users CD to / and read
> all files that have "o+r" on them...
> 
> Is there a way to provide this with the standard unix ftp-server, or
> is there other software that lets me do these things?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Simon
> lindgren@istudio.no
> 
Look at wu-ftpd. It's in available on ftp.freebsd.org, both as a package 
and as a port. It allows you to have users access ftp directories after 
being chrooted.

Nadav