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Date:      Mon, 20 Aug 2001 22:32:21 -0400
From:      Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org>
To:        "Shannon Wheeler" <swheeler@mce.ab.ca>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: user management
Message-ID:  <01082022322104.00565@i8k.babbleon.org>
In-Reply-To: <002d01c129ce$b9545c80$0d00a8c0@mshome.net>
References:  <002d01c129ce$b9545c80$0d00a8c0@mshome.net>

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On Monday 20 August 2001 19:20, Shannon Wheeler wrote:
> OK, I hate to bug you people but...
>
> I want to create a user and allow him ftp access to a specific directory
> (/usr/local/www/data/userspage)
>
> I can make a symbolic link to that directory under the user's home
> directory - is this the best way to do this?

Why not just set his home directory to that location in the passwd file?

> What should I set the user's login shell to?

He doesn't need to log in if you only want him to ftp, so just disable 
logging in but enable ftp access.
I think that /dev/null would work so long as you add it to /etc/shells.

> and
> How do I limit the user's access to only that directory?

You add te user to
/etc/ftpchroot

You know, I didn't know the answers to any of these questions 10 minutes ago
(except for the one about the home directory); I just did "man ftpd" to find 
out.

You might want to try this sort of strategy next time before you post.

>
> thank you,
> Shannon
>
>
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