FTP Security??

Milkman00 · 08-09-2002, 09:04 AM

Quick question

I have a user setup to access my ftp. he already has an ID, password, and a directory setup in /home/

I want to make it so that is the ONLY directory he has access to. How would I do that so he could not browse my entire system??

Thanks!

Milkman00 · 08-09-2002, 09:13 AM

Just to clarify - I am running Slackware 8.1. I see a few REDHAT answers in the forum already posted, but cannot find the slack answer

RefriedBean · 08-09-2002, 10:23 AM

Well, I am not sure how to do it for a 'normal' user, but when you use proftpd, the 'anonymous' use lives in a chrooted jail, in other words, he can't see out of his home directory. Maybe you could look in the config file and see how they did it?

Good Luck
RefriedBean

##########UPDATE###########

After asking around the kind people in #proftpd on OpenProjects IRC sent me this link.

Enjoy!

RefriedBean

Ionized · 08-10-2002, 11:10 PM

Use this format in your /etc/passwd file:
username:x:1015:201:,,,:/home/./username:/usr/local/bin/ftponly

This will restrict their "root" to /home and their default login directory to /home/username.
Of course, this only works for ftp, I wish it worked for shell too, but no