moving out home directory during ftp session

saeed_zarea · 05-02-2003, 06:20 PM

Is there anyway I can disable a user from moving out of his/her home directory during ftp session (home directory would be look like root directory to him).

Thank you,

david_ross · 05-02-2003, 06:26 PM

What ftp server are you using?

saeed_zarea · 05-02-2003, 06:30 PM

thank you for the rplay. I'm using vsftpd.

saeed_zarea · 05-02-2003, 06:34 PM

What I like to do is that when a user ftp to our site they should have access only to their home folder. They shuold not not be able to do cd out of their home directory.

david_ross · 05-02-2003, 06:37 PM

Take a look at this section (or create it) in /etc/vsftpd.conf

Code:

chroot_list_enable=yes
chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list

Then create "/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list" and add the users you wish to chroot. You can reverse the default behaviour - ie all users but the ones in the file should be chrooted by adding "chroot_local_user=yes" to your /etc/vsftpd.conf file.

saeed_zarea · 05-02-2003, 06:45 PM

Thank you. That did it.

yogafrog · 10-09-2003, 03:51 PM

same for me

Thanks alot for this nice hint.

ricbax · 01-30-2004, 08:58 PM

This info helped me too. No more of this

about chroot jails

mpasha06 · 07-12-2011, 08:07 AM

Hi, thanks for suggestion, but it works in command prompt, if we access vsftpd through the
WinScp tool, it wont restrict the user. How to restrict the user in thare home dir in GUI tools, like WinScp.