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Date:      Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:36:31 -0000
From:      "Daniel Conlon" <daniel@donhost.co.uk>
To:        "Dave Wilson" <davew@sai.co.za>, <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Limited FTP accounts
Message-ID:  <NCBBIPFNJNGFMHHDAHMFEEJBCIAA.daniel@donhost.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <027901c047eb$ccf15ab0$112821c4@sai.co.za>

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You have achieve this with the chroot facility built into the FreeBSD native FTP server. Details on the 'ftpd' man page.

For even greater security, try wu-ftp, you can chroot them into their public_html directory within their home directory.

Kind Regards,

Daniel Conlon
Donhost

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Dave Wilson
> Sent: 06 November 2000 12:19
> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Limited FTP accounts
> 
> 
> Hi guys, howzit going ?
> 
> Any one got any ideas on how to restrict an FTP user to only accessing his
> home directory and nothing else ?
> See I want a normal user to have access to nothing else other 
> than his home
> directory.
> Thanks.
> 
> Regards
> Dave Wilson
> The S.A. Internet
> (033) 3456777
> 0825496159
> http://www.sai.co.za
> "Who is "General Failure", and what is he doing reading my hard disk ?"
> 
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