vsftp question

knueven7 · 03-19-2003, 09:30 AM

I am running an apache web server with different directories for different sites. I would like to create ftp only users who can update their individual sites, without them having access to ANYTHING other than their directory. How can I create an FTP user that has access to nothing but a certain directory (no login, shell access or anything other than the directory)?

Crashed_Again · 03-19-2003, 09:43 AM

You have to look into something called chroot . It restricts users from getting out of there home directory. Do a google search for chrooting .

fmertus · 05-08-2003, 12:15 PM

Hi,

If you add the line chroot_local_user=yes to vsftpd.conf, you should get the desired result.

Hope that helps.

nuzzy · 05-08-2003, 01:52 PM

Check this site out:

http://penguin.epfl.ch/chroot.html

Looks like it has exactly what you're looking for...