Hi All,

I have guest ftp clients setup and working properly. My question is how can I get indidvidual users dumped into their directoties when they login? Right now each user is dumped into a directory called /var/ftp/users and from there they move into their directory (for example: /var/ftp/users/jon). My /etc/ftpaccess file has:

guest-root /var/ftp/users
guestgroup [the names of the users]
guestuser *

Any ideas or suggestions on how to configure this? Also, How can I limit the disk space each user can occupy? Thanks.

Jon

I only use proftpd so I'm not sure which ftpd you are using. But the original way was to use the users home directory to get them to go to their own directory.
Can't you set that users home directory to /var/ftp/users/jon in the /etc/passwd file. Then I guess to keep them stuck in their home directory you could add a line something like:
guest-root ~

Not sure if that works for this ftp daemon but I'm sure they must have something similar which should work.

I'm Sorry. I'm using wu-ftp (Redhat 7.2).

As for specifying /var/ftp/users/jon in my /etc/passwd file it is already there in the form:

jon:x:503:503::/var/ftp/users/jon/./:/bin/true

Oh ok well I just read the documentation for wu-ftpd and it says that every guest user is already jailed into their own home directory.
With the line "guest-root /var/ftp/users" you are forcing then into that directory instead. So if you leave that line out each user should automatically go to it's own home directory.
And as far as I see it you are adding each group of the user and then in addition to that you are adding each user as a guest with the line guestuser *. In my eyes that would be double, but maybe it's because I've never used wu-ftpd yet.

And for limiting how much filespace each user has I think you should be looking into general disk quota for each user and not just for the ftp service.

Hi,

Yes!!! removing the directory listing (guest-root /var/ftp/users) in ftpaccess did it. I will also check out disk quota. Thanks!

One last question: How can I make the /bin /etc /lib directories in each users directory invisible to them?

Jon

Well according to the docs there are 3 types of users. Guest users are the ones that are jailed to their home directories. So you have to make sure the user you are logging in with is a guest member.

This howto explains it step by step:
http://www.wu-ftpd.org/HOWTO/guest.HOWTO