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Date:      Wed, 15 Jul 1998 18:33:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        kwoody@citytel.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: ftp question...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9807151832270.4452-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.980713152937.4814B-100000@abalone.citytel.net>

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On Mon, 13 Jul 1998 kwoody@abalone.citytel.net wrote:

> > > I have been experimenting with ftp and user dirs. I have it setup now so 
> > > that a user ftp into their own space but how is it possible to keep them 
> > > in their own dir only?
> > 
> > install wu-ftpd and read up on the guestgroup directive.
> 
> It is installed and thats what I'm using, and I have guestgroup set in
> ftpaccess.
> 
> The test user gets dropped into their home dir with ftp now but how to
> keep them there. They can only back out one dir to the root of the ftp
> file system that is setup. In this case /u1. I'll take another gander at
> the docs though.

Embed a /./ in their home directory to indicate the directory to chroot()
in.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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