On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 19:59:21 -0600 Zane Minninger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How would I create an FTP only ID, with no home directory. a generic > with read only access. I currently have a username and password on the > system and I am using that, but that doesn't sound very safe, the more I > think about it. I would like someone to log in and be dumped into the > /var/ftp directory with read only rights and no browsing higher than the > /var/ftp directory but with total read rights down. > Zane Minninger Just create user as normal, but for login shell, specify /sbin/nologin. For home directory, I specify /nohome and don't give the user access. As far as locking the user into an ftp directory, I think that depends on what you use for your ftp server. With proftpd, I have in /etc/proftpd.conf: DefaultRoot /path/to/defaultusers/directory !restrictedgroupname DefaultRoot /path/to/restrictedusers/directory I just send non-restricted users to their home directory and restricted users to another. Todd
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