I want to set up a client to use FTP that has the same restrictions that an anonymous but with a password. Restricted to the same folder. I have tried to find info on this but have come up with none. I don't want to set up a user or group from the User Manager because they can browes the the whole machine. I currently have 3 books on RH with Red Hat Linux second edition by Richard Peterson being the most comprehensive. Most books cover setting up FTP and the anonymous client and thats it. Can anyone help? Or send me location of help. Not MAN. Thanks jeff

Which FTP server are you using? You can add a user or group, but set their home something like /var/ftp/./pub. I would also give that user a null shell. You might want to take a look the the Linux Documentation Project if you haven't all ready. http://www.tldp.org

I am using the wu-ftpd that came with the RH disks. I went to the site you linked but found nothing on FTP clients. I don't know what you mean by a NUT SHELL. Thanks for you reply. jeff

Ok. First, a FTP Client is a program that is used to connect to an FTP server, just as a side note.

A "null shell" means that the user doesn't have an actual shell so they can't really log into the machine and execute commands. On RedHat there is a "null" or "fake" shell already listed in /etc/shells it is /sbin/nologin.

Again, I think you will find usefull information on the linux documentation project.

http://www.tldp.org/LDP/solrhe/Secur...p29sec294.html