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Old 03-15-2006, 03:21 PM   #1
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securing vsftpd


OK.. I'm trying to find a way so a user can ONLY access there home directory.. The only need read/write access to that directory none else.. Is there a simple way of doing this?
 
Old 03-15-2006, 03:27 PM   #2
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To do this you need to edit your vsftpd.conf
Add 'chroot_list_enable YES' to the config file.
Then add the list of users to /etc/vsftpd.chroot_list.
Restart vsftpd and you should be good to go.

These configuration directives are found in the vsftpd.conf manfile

Hope this helps.
 
Old 03-15-2006, 03:36 PM   #3
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For some reason it doesn't upload.
 
Old 03-15-2006, 03:45 PM   #4
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What errors are you getting when trying to upload?
 
Old 03-15-2006, 03:51 PM   #5
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My bad, user error.. I corrected it. works perfectly now, THANKS ALOT!
 
  


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