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Old 09-12-2012, 10:49 AM   #1
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Grant access to /home but no higher


I'm setting up vsftp on Ubuntu Natty Narwhal & have configured chroot to jail basic user accounts. However I'd like to create a 'power user' account that can browse the user folders in /home but not go any higher within the system.
What I've done so far is I've created a default user account with 'adduser' then added the account to 'chroot_list'. But I don't want it to be able to browse the entire system, just within /home. Is there a 'best practice' method?
Thanks,
 
Old 09-12-2012, 10:52 AM   #2
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Why not just set rwx permissions accordingly, and deny sudo to chmod for the "superuser?
 
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Old 09-13-2012, 06:44 AM   #3
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You are suggesting lock down perms on each folder in the root dir [bin, boot, dev etc]? That sounds good! But how? [sorry I'm a complete 'noob' at this stage]
At the moment, an account is either jailed & can only see their own home folder, or 'free' & can access everything. I'd like to set up something in between.
I see there is the option to run 'Bastille' but it appears to be recommended for more advanced users.
 
Old 09-13-2012, 07:35 AM   #4
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Making progress now thanks,
Code:
sudo chmod o-rwx group1
where 'group1' could be any group in the root directory that I want to prevent 'others' [the 'o' part of the above code] from gaining access.
Tested in Filezilla & looking good.

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/...1/chmod.1.html
 
Old 09-13-2012, 07:53 AM   #5
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I think these may help you

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/restric...ectories-only/
 
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Old 09-13-2012, 08:54 AM   #6
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Looks good so far. Arun's link is useful as well.
 
Old 09-13-2012, 11:17 AM   #7
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My latest attempt, just gonna do a backup before I start applying to the root dir folders...
Thanks for your pointers!

1. creating a new folder in root
sudo mkdir /testfol

2. set owner & owner group for the folder
sudo chown root:sudo /testfol

3. define owner/group/other permissions (with chmod, not chown)
sudo chmod -R 770 /testfol

4. Restart FTP
sudo service vsftpd restart
 
  


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