From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Nov 6 4:55:16 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from donhost.co.uk (t1o315p25.teliauk.com [195.12.242.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 226B737B4D7 for ; Mon, 6 Nov 2000 04:55:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from doncasterser1 [127.0.0.1] by 0risknames.net [127.0.0.1] with SMTP (MDaemon.v2.84.R) for ; Mon, 06 Nov 2000 12:55:31 +0000 From: "Daniel Conlon" To: "Chris Faulhaber" , Subject: RE: Limited FTP accounts Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:55:31 -0000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: <20001106073802.A19501@peitho.fxp.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Importance: Normal X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Return-Path: daniel@donhost.co.uk Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Apologies, should have phrased that one differently: For even greater _flexibility_, try wu-ftp, you can chroot them into = their public_html directory within their home directory. It tends to prevent users screwing up the dotfiles in there, mistaking = the bin directory for their cgi-bin directory etc. Kind Regards, Daniel Conlon Donhost ########################## Tel: +44 (0)800 956 7642 Fax: +44 (0)8707 41 51 07 http://www.donhost.co.uk ##########################=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Chris Faulhaber > Sent: 06 November 2000 12:38 > To: Daniel Conlon > Cc: Dave Wilson; freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Limited FTP accounts >=20 >=20 > On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 12:36:31PM -0000, Daniel Conlon wrote: > > You have achieve this with the chroot facility built into the=20 > FreeBSD native FTP server. Details on the 'ftpd' man page. > >=20 > > For even greater security, try wu-ftp, you can chroot them into=20 > their public_html directory within their home directory. > >=20 >=20 > Of course, you might want to familiarize yourself with all the wu-ftpd > exploits/holes reported over the past few years before equating > wu-ftpd with security. >=20 > --=20 > Chris D. Faulhaber - jedgar@fxp.org - jedgar@FreeBSD.org > -------------------------------------------------------- > FreeBSD: The Power To Serve - http://www.FreeBSD.org >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message >=20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message