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Date:      Wed, 16 Feb 2000 18:30:35 +1100
From:      "Lachlan O'Dea" <lodea@vet.com.au>
To:        Jason Lam <jasonlam@softhome.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Limit ftp access area?
Message-ID:  <20000216183035.F333@vet.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <001b01bf784d$c2917230$0201a8c0@jasonlam>; from jasonlam@softhome.net on Wed, Feb 16, 2000 at 02:16:34AM -0500
References:  <001b01bf784d$c2917230$0201a8c0@jasonlam>

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On Wed, Feb 16, 2000 at 02:16:34AM -0500, Jason Lam wrote:
> I am running wu-ftpd, I notice that whenever a normal user ftp in, they
> could browse around almost anywhere, is there anyway I can limit their
> access to their home directory?

By default, FTP users will have exactly the same read/write permissions
they would have if they logged into the machine.

> Do I have to get proftpd to do this?

I don't think so. I'd look at using chroot to restrict FTP users to
their home directory. I've only done this for anonymous FTP, and that
was a while ago, so I can't help you with the details.

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