hi aron, just going back through my mails and realized i never replied - very rude of me, sorry about that!
i followed the instructions to the letter and everything seems to go fine. the thing is i can still get into everything (ie the desktop, docs, library) is there another command i have to add to restrict the access to just the documents directory?? cheers, jake On Thursday, August 22, 2002, at 05:51 PM, Aaron Willems wrote: > You need to go into the terminal to restrict access to the account > directory. Follow these directions. > > This only works for users who exist as users on your system. You may > want to > create a generic 'ftpuser' for such purposes. For this example, we'll > assume > you have two users, 'tom' and 'ftpuser', and you'd like to restrict > both of > them to their home directories. > > 1. Open a terminal and type cd /etc to change into the 'etc' > directory. > > 2. We'll use pico as the text editor, since this is a very simple > file. > Type sudo pico ftpchroot and enter your normal admin user's password > when > prompted. > > 3. When the file opens, simply type each user's short name on a line > of > its own: > > ftpuser > tom > > 4. Save the file by typing Control-X. > That's it! You've created the file you need to restrict FTP users' > access. > > To implement the file, you will probably have to restart your > network -- you > could try disabling and re-enabling FTP from the Sharing prefs panel, > but a > full restart will definitely do the trick! If you ever need to add more > users, just follow these directions and add additional rows for each new > user you wish to restrict. > > Cheers, > > Aaron > > > > on 8/22/02 3:37 AM, jake williamson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > >> hello, >> >> i need to allow a windows 2000 user access to one of the partitions on >> my hd. turning the 'allow ftp connections' on in the network prefs >> allows the user full access to my osx partition. >> >> how do i set up the ftp directory though? what i'd like to do is >> actually set up a 'drop box' style thing that the windows user can put >> their files in so i can check them out. it worries me that they can see >> all the osx drive... >> >> cheers, >> >> jake -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
