Lock user in home dir

JJX · 03-23-2004, 10:46 AM

Is any way to lock a user in his home directory or to a specific dir [/opt/123/] ?

tuxguy · 03-23-2004, 11:22 AM

what are you using? FTP?

if so, yes.. look up chroot
if you have not picked a ftp server a good one to look at is vsftpd with debian ... apt-get install vsftpd

good luck
Jesse

JJX · 03-23-2004, 02:15 PM

ssh

is possible to do something like this?

for ftp i have chosen glftpd

tuxguy · 03-23-2004, 02:52 PM

here is a debian how-to..

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/se...sh-env.en.html

hope this helps

JJX · 03-23-2004, 03:13 PM

i dont want this exactly....

To be more specifig:
I want anybody be able to login using ssh. If he login as user "X" then will be moved to a specific dir (lets assume home) and be locked there!
In there will be able to do what he wants (make dirs, rename files etc) and run any ssh command

There is no need to use ftpd or any other service!

tuxguy · 03-23-2004, 03:43 PM

JJX - look at para G.2.

JJX · 03-24-2004, 12:11 AM

i am wokring on it

thx a lot

jetpeach · 04-17-2007, 07:57 PM

i'm looking over the linked page from this thread, i'd like to do exactly what the poster is talking about. can anybody help guide me more with this? i'm not sure what exactly the link is saying to do

hai_indya · 05-07-2009, 12:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JJX

Is any way to lock a user in his home directory or to a specific dir [/opt/123/] ?

Yes, it is possible to restrict the user in his home dir.
To change the user home dir, pl follow below steps.

1)
[root@venkat]#userad -d /opt/123 <user name>
This is one way to change the default user home dir
2)
Change in /etc/default/useradd file
[root@venkat]# vi /etc/default/useradd
HOME=/opt/123

Restrict the user in his home dir:
Specify the user in /etc/security/chroot.conf

Example:

# /etc/security/chroot.conf
# format:
# username_regex chroot_dir
#matthew /home
venkat /opt/123

Save & Exit, thats all now.

doshinirav · 06-28-2011, 02:09 PM

What is the best way to mount a shared directory on a chroot'ed user.
Example:
User Home directory: /home/123
Shared Directory: /um/bal/

The Shared Directory will be accessed by all the chroot'ed users and they should have direct access to /um/bal

1. is it using the Mount command in the .bashrc file?
2. is it using the /etc/fstab ?
3. any other suggestions...?