Jawwad Shami <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > I am kind of new to linux > I have a machine which has ftp daemon > running(wu-ftpd) > with xinetd the default home dir for ftp is > /home/username > > but useres are allowed to go back and changed dir's > > they are also allowed to go back to any dir like /etc > > , /usr ,/var etc. > I want to remove this and restrict the users to only > their home dir You *could* make them come in via anonymous ftp, with ftp running in a chroot 'jail', then make the users change user from anon to themselves. I've never set this up, so cannot explain how to, sorry. (Well, the chroot stuff is'nt that big a deal - turn off 'normal' logins on wu-ftp, and set it for anonymous access allowed. Set the permissions on the home dirs to 700 so nobody but the users can see their stuff (or 750 if you want users to see each other, but be careful about what groups are used and who else is in that group). > the file permissions on all of my / dir are 755, I was wondering do I need > to change any of the file permissions. > also is it safe to have 755 dir permisisons on /etc and > other imp dir's. Yes, in fact many things will break if you don't let the world see /etc. > I tried installing proftpd but i had problems in > configuring it. Well, perhaps someone else here can comment on that - I have a feeling that may be a better choice anyway (than wu-ftpd)... rc Rusty E. Carruth Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: (480) 345-3621 SnailMail: Schlumberger ATE ___ FAX: (480) 345-8793 7855 S. River Parkway, Suite 116 \e/ Ham: N7IKQ @ 146.82+,pl 162.2 Tempe, AZ 85284-1825 V ICBM: 33 20' 44"N 111 53' 47"W http://tuxedo.org/~esr/ecsl/index.html
