Re: [e-smith-devinfo] user shell access directory restrictions

2001-12-22 Thread Richard Ford
. - Original Message - From: "robert slater" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Charlie Brady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Darrell May" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "e-smith-devinfo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 9:55 AM Subject

Re: [e-smith-devinfo] user shell access directory restrictions

2001-12-20 Thread Darrell May
Hmmm. For whatever reason some devinfo members did not get Greg's reply. Here it is again: Greg Zartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Yes, I did just this with the ftp service using a custom proftp.d > fragement as follows: > > Fragement name: /etc/e-smith/etc/proftpd.conf/05CustomRoot > >

Re: [e-smith-devinfo] user shell access directory restrictions

2001-12-20 Thread robert slater
[snip] > Users logged in using ftp should be locked inside /home/e-smith/files, and > can't wander the hard drive. That is the case with ftp:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. they are locked in.They can not wander about. They should only have access to files in > i-bays if the i-bay has public access, or they

Re: [e-smith-devinfo] user shell access directory restrictions

2001-12-20 Thread Charlie Brady
On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Darrell May wrote: > Yes, there seems a big weakness anytime you provide user access via > SSH/FTP as the user may almost freely wander the hard drive. If you are > hosting website for others, you must grant them the ability to upload > their website documents. I would

Re: [e-smith-devinfo] user shell access directory restrictions

2001-12-20 Thread Darrell May
Greg Zartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Yes, I did just this with the ftp service using a custom proftp.d > fragement as follows: Thanks Greg, I'll give this a try. Regards, -- Darrell May DMC Netsourced.com http://netsourced.com http://myEZserver.com -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROT

Re: [e-smith-devinfo] user shell access directory restrictions

2001-12-20 Thread Darrell May
robert slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > hi > Using FTP [yes I know] > I think you can access the home directory with. > ftp:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In fact they can get everywhere they are allowed with FTP. I will look > in the manual. I think its there. Your thinking too hard Darrell! Yes, th

Re: [e-smith-devinfo] user shell access directory restrictions

2001-12-20 Thread robert slater
hi Using FTP [yes I know] I think you can access the home directory with. ftp:[EMAIL PROTECTED] In fact they can get everywhere they are allowed with FTP. I will look in the manual. I think its there. Your thinking too hard Darrell! > > Currently if you grant a user shell access they can walk th

RE: [e-smith-devinfo] user shell access directory restrictions

2001-12-19 Thread Craig Foster
mith-devinfo > Subject: [e-smith-devinfo] user shell access directory restrictions > > > > Currently if you grant a user shell access they can walk > the directory > tree (cd /) and do more things then I actually thought possible!!! > > Ok, good reason NOT to grant shell

Re: [e-smith-devinfo] user shell access directory restrictions

2001-12-18 Thread Gordon Rowell
On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 01:43:40AM -, Darrell May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Currently if you grant a user shell access they can walk the directory > tree (cd /) and do more things then I actually thought possible!!! If you don't trust users, they should not have shell access - end of s

[e-smith-devinfo] user shell access directory restrictions

2001-12-18 Thread Darrell May
Currently if you grant a user shell access they can walk the directory tree (cd /) and do more things then I actually thought possible!!! Ok, good reason NOT to grant shell access. Having said this, if it is possible, I would like to grant shell access, if I could restrict a users movements