Setting up ftp only users in non std directories
 

Hi,

I want to setup on a Linux server (Centos 4.1) accounts for folk that will only be allowed ftp and not in the standard /home/username directory. I have an application that will produce files for users in their own home directories and a few sub directories. The directory that the application uses as a base is /var/ftp under which each user has there own directories, e.g. user with login name bibi would have /var/ftp/bibi. I don't want that user to be able to navigate (do 'cd ..' for example or 'ls ../' outside that directory or its sub direcotries.

I am not sure how to go about this, so advice on which man pages might need to be read and general approach are most welcome.

Thanks,

David

Which ftp server would you use? Ther are ones (like pure-ftpd) that have virtual users and options to set pretty strict policy.

It's called 'chrooting'. Doable, but in different ways, depending on the FTP server software.