ftpd security/configuration question
Robert Shepard
rshprd at comcast.net
Mon Nov 14 16:18:52 GMT 2005
Hello!
Probably a stupid question, but this has bugged me for a while and for
reasons unknown, I just cannot seem to figure this out.
I wish to operate my FTP server (ftpd) in the anonymous access mode.
However, what I desire to do is configure it so that the absolute root
directory of anonymous users is “/var/ftp/pub”.
In other words, typing “cd ..” will not let anonymous users to see the
“/var/ftp/bin” or the “/var/ftp/etc” directories (or their files).
I am running FreeBSD 5.3 stable.
I have tried various methods described in some of the other message
boards, but I believe those were referencing previous releases of FreeBSD.
I also noticed that while the current FTP server is running, I do not
have a lot of the files the handbook references, other than ftpusers,
which is located in the /etc directory (note: not in the “/var/ftp/etc”
directory. Files such as “/etc/ftpchroot”, “/etc/ftpmotd”, and
“/ftpwelcome” are not present.
I did manually create the ftpwelcome file and placed copies in both the
“/etc” and “/var/ftp/etc” directories. However, it does not get
displayed prior to the FTP login prompt as the handbook suggests.
So, two questions:
Is what I am trying to accomplish possible?
What am I missing or need to do to accomplish these things?
Thanks,
Bob
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