FTP Query

sachinh · 11-30-2004, 07:10 AM

Hi All ,

I want user called itsme to login to the server via FTP . We have set its home directory as /itsme/ by setting it in /etc/passwd . But we dont want that user to go anywhere above that ( /itsme) directory . It can go down that directory e.g. /itsme/pub/docs ...etc....but should not go level above /itsme ..... e.g it should not go to /home or /root directory . Please help me out . Thanx in advance .

dominant · 11-30-2004, 07:45 AM

user chroot option in the ftp server configuration.

sachinh · 11-30-2004, 11:32 PM

First of all thanx for the reply ..... And Sending you provate message since im not sure whether u will come back to my forum question or what .... .....
Yes chroot loooks like the solution for my query ...even i have come to that point after reading through MAN pages ....Anyways we dont know how to use it ....We are using wu-ftpd-2.6.1-21 ...on Linux Advanced Server 2.1 . Anything more you need plz let us know . We are also searching google but your help would be appreciable . Thanking