Subject: Re: ftp/access question
From: Charles Stevenson (csteven@terraplex.com)
Date: Wed Aug 23 2000 - 12:33:06 MDT
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> When I ftp into my system as anonymous I end up in a directory that is
> called /. I assume that is my home directory which is really /home/ftp/ or
> something. In the ftp program they cannot navigate up in the directory tree
> which is good.
You are correct. :))
> When I setup an ftp user and give it a home directory of
> /www/somedomain/users/username so they can get in and update their web pages
> they seem to be able to navigate up the file system from there and see other
> files. How can I make this work like anonymous?
You'll have to setup permissions so that they cannot read beyond the limits of
their directory, AFAIK there is not a way to configure FTP itself to keep the
user within his/her directory.
Regards,
Charles
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