Hey guys, thanks for the help. I found a rather good solution. Using the command: mount --bind old_directory new_directory
and chrooted the user to its home directory. the mount --bind command works like hard links wherein the directory are in two server space. Let me know if there are any negative effects in using this. Thanks! Regards, Mike On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 11:41 AM, andrelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 9:33 PM, Mike A. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i just want to ask if its possible to have one FTP account to allow > > access to multiple folders in the server? > > > > I have a vsftd installed in the server and I want to give FTP access > > to one person to different folders in my server but using one account > > only rather than having different accounts to different folders. Is > > this possible? > > Linux ACL (Access Control Lists) can help you. If your distro is ACL > enabled, then you are okay, and I would assume that corresponding > apps/utils are ACL aware. > > But some applications/utilities are not ACL aware, just to keep that > in mind especially if you are compiling your own. > > -- > regards, > Andre | http://www.varon.ca > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
