ftpchroot

[Denny Jodeit]

> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to restrict an ftp user to a particular directory. I've 
> written an ftpchroot file, as follows:
>
> Username  /var/spool/ftp/ ./Username/photos
>
>
> After I write the file and restart inetd, I am not able to login to 
> ftp with this user account at all. I have RTFM and evidently don't get

> it...
>
> Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions.
>
> Denny


Maybe  you're trying to do something more complicated than I am, but I
have 
ftpchroot  working. My /etc/ftpchroot file just consists of a list of 
usernames, one per line. This effectively restricts the ftp user to
his/her 
home directory on the server (the home directory, of course, is owned by
the 
user in question).  On your system does the user own the directory you
are 
trying to ftpchroot him in? Perhaps that is a requirement...

Lisa Casey



Lisa,

Yes, just a little different than your case......

In my example, I substituted "Username" for the real user name

With plain old ftpd, as setup by default during installation and no
ftpchroot file present at all, "Username" can login to ftp and ends up
in /usr/home/Username. I want Username to only be able to login to
/usr/home/Username/photos/ and no where else.

Denny

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