proftpd user permissions

harleys · 11-29-2006, 08:49 PM

i am running slackware 10.2 and i set proftpd up, everything is working perfectly. now, my brother wants to be able to upload files to it to share with his friends, so i need to make it where i have like 3 accounts that can log in and upload and download, but ONLY to one directory. i don't even want them to be able to see other directories. i don't want to limit all users to this though, just them. can anyone help me out with doing this? thanks, harley

derxob · 11-30-2006, 02:06 PM

- Create a user with adduser.
- Set the directory to /home/the_username_you_choose during the adduser options.. (it will do this by default if you hit enter when prompted for the home directory)

By default, the user will only have permission to its home directory, unless you've changed permissions everywhere else..

harleys · 11-30-2006, 04:28 PM

no, i don't want them to even be able to see their home directory. there is one directory that they are all going to be using, say for instance /junk so i only want them to be able to see that directory. they can all have read/write privlidges to that one directory, but nothing else. i want it to be like that is the only directory on the box when they log in. i don't want to limit all users to that though, just those few.

derxob · 12-01-2006, 11:38 AM

Then set their home directory to /junk .. you can do that during the adduser