Hi, does anyone use pure-ftpd, connected to an "account list" in MySQL?

The server works and the users I add are able to connect. BUT they automatically get access to the whole filesystem - read only though, but anyway, they can download and browse any single folder.

I've tried to check the FAQ/ReadMe and the pure-ftpd MySQL-docs many times, but can't find any descriptions how to solve this.

Does it have anything with chmod to do?

I know that this doensn't really belong here, but I really feel that I have to solve it, but I can't do it all by myself

Looks like you've complied sources with `--with-virtualchroot` switch.

When start the server, add the `-A` switch, this should chroot everyuser, but symbolic links won't be followed as well.

Hope this helps!

Okay, thanks alot, it seems like I can add and remove files in the /home/ directory.

The folder-structure in /home/ looks like this:

/home/linus/
-Archive
-Desktop
-Program
-Some apps


Well, in the MySQL-database for pure-ftpd, the user "linus" has /home/linus/Archives set as default folder, BUT with the '-A', the users default is /home/linus/, where he also are able to delete/add files and folders. BUT, files can only be written in /home/linus/, and not in any already existing subfolders - but in other ones if they're created.

I don't understand the logic in it

I want the folder /home/linus/Archives to be the only one the user can see - and write/read to.
With the '-A' parameter, the user can't browse the whole filesystem like earlier.

The parameters I used during ./configure was the MySQL-flag and the Cookie-flag.

if you want `linus` user to have access to /home/linus/Archives only, then set this path as the user's home dir. Or do you need this user to be able to use /home/linus when working through ssh or something else?

Okay, finally I got the homedir-thing to work. It seems to be a bit correct, atleast 'linus' CAN'T browse nothing more than his homedir. Which is great, but he can neither write any files to it, even if I use the -A parameter.

can 'linus' do it locally? I mean, if you `su` as that user, can you do locally what you want to do via ftp?

Yes, the local user linus has full privilegies. But do the pure-ftpd user has anything with local users to do? I mean, pure-ftpd is compiled to get user authentication from a MySQL database.

Actually, 'linus' has all access a user can get, it's the user I created when I installed Ubuntu.

I didn't find how you can set permissions using mysql database, I believe that local system 'linus' user and the one in your pureftpd mysql database are associated. I would suggest you creating a user (w/ the name that isn't used for another local system account) via mysql db and checking it out.

I added the user "stew" and that account had the same problem and privilegies.
Do you perhaps know any others parameter or ways to handle user-accounts in an easier way?

hi

being honest I can't identify the problem there. just trying to see what that is. I would try recompile it with `--with-puredb` and see how the server would behave itself after that

Okay, I re-compiled it with --with-puredb.

Did as the readme says and created a new system group (ftpgroup)
and a new system user (ftpuser).

Added a user and set his homedirectory to /home/ftp/linus and the problems still remain.
He can browse the whole filesystem and are able to write to /home/linus instead of his homedir /home/ftp/linus.

This is pretty weird?

Hello, first of all, sorry for giving this thread new life again, but I've made some successfull moves:


I got everything to work with the authentication.

BUT, I have one problem.
The users can't write to their home directories, and they can browse the whole filesystem.

The homedir looks like this: /ftp/homedir
Where /ftp/ are located in the root of the filesystem.

How do I solve a problem like this? I can nothing about chmod and privilegies, so I ask you guys

Greetings