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Date:      Tue, 01 May 2001 10:14:38 -0400
From:      Walter Betancourt <walt@betan.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Securing /etc against normal FTP users
Message-ID:  <4.2.2.20010501101242.00b7e700@pop3.palace.net>
In-Reply-To: <000d01c0d247$59926050$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
References:  <012b01c0d247$4181a3e0$89941bd8@speakeasy.net>

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Matthew,

could you expand on this,  ie is it that simple

no other changes,

for instance, all my users are at  /usr/home/username/Web

would this restrict them to /Web ?

thanks

At 10:02 AM 5/1/01 -0400, you wrote:


> > I am currently setting up a private FTP site on a FreeBSD 4.2-Current
>using
> > wu-ftpd.  I noted that in BSD ftp access is tied directly to shell access.
> > What I am trying to do is allow users to login using private logins but
>not
> > have access to system areas or telnet access.  Here is what I did
> > accomplish:
>
>Rather than all that, just add the user's name to /etc/ftpchroot.  Users
>listed there will only be allowed to access files and directories contained
>within their home directory.
>
>--
>Matt Emmerton
>
>
>
>
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Walt


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