-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Thu, 5 Jun 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >On Wed, 4 Jun 1997 19:45:15 -0400 , Joey Hess wrote: >> How can I set up a user account that can only ftp in, and is restricted to >> their home directory in a chroot environment? > >Add the user to /etc/passwd and put it in a group called 'ftponly' (or make >up a name, but this is the easiest to remember). If the group doesn't >exist, create it. The shell should be /bin/false. Add a line '/bin/false' >to /etc/shells. Now, you have a user that can't log in. Try it. I might >have forgotten something.
>Now, set up wu-ftpd as your ftp server if you haven't done so already. In >/etc/ftpd/ftpaccess, add a line 'guestgroup ftponly'. > >Now you should be all set up. No. The user won't be able to list directories. gzip on the fly,... As root cd to his/her home directory, then cp -a /home/ftp/{bin,lib,etc} . to give the necessary binaries and shared libraries to do useful work. >if my memory serves me correctly. 'Guest' >users can do all normal ftp things, but wu-ftpd does a chroot to their >home directory. They can't get anything that is not in their home >directory (or mounted under it) That's correct. Nils - -- \ / | Nils Rennebarth --* WINDOWS 42 *-- | Schillerstr. 61 / \ | 37083 Göttingen | ++49-551-71626 Micro$oft's final answer | http://www.nus.de/~nils -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: noconv iQB1AwUBM5cY4FptA0IhBm0NAQGFXgL+JOwvJG257CfBrdxiVaPOM6+cUHFxpK9f MRcFTVAgApI9atf332NMESGzS4qeQt3Rrx0SaXwN5cWG5mQ7/moJxmFNhHDlz/3p RXxBaqjDkhLItlYJD3vYPChuti3XtCNS =gE1Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .