Hi, thx for you reply. but it does not work for me. here is what I have: in /etc/passwd: shao:x:1000:1000:Shao Zhang,,,:/home/shao/./:/bin/bash
in /etc/group: floppy:x:25:shao in /etc/wu-ftpd-academ/ftpaccess: guestgroup floppy After the user logs in, the use cannot see their home dir at all. pwd returns the current dir is /. Thanks. Shao. In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; from Chad A. Adlawan on Tue, May 18, 1999 at 11:41:38AM +0800 On Tue, May 18, 1999 at 11:41:38AM +0800, Chad A. Adlawan wrote: > thats not a security problem. its how its supposed to behave. > if u dont want users chrooted to /home/username, that is, they can only go > to as high as /home/username, read on re giving users "guestgroup" access in > wu-ftpd docs, and then change their respective enreies in /etc/passwd so that > when theyll log in to ftp, they'll be chrooted to /home/username ... > example, for /etc/passwd: > user:x:1023:1100:user,,,:/home/user/./:/usr/bin/ascriptiwrote > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > this is his chrooted dir > also, try reading man chroot > AFAIK, > Chad > > > On Tue, May 18, 1999 at 01:00:15PM +0000, Shao Zhang wrote: > > Hi, > > I just found that this version of the wu-ftpd allows any user do a cd / > > And then all users can see the / directory on the system. > > > > How do I stop this? I only want them to see /home/username. > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Shao. > > > > -- > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > Shao Zhang - Running Debian 2.1 ___ _ _____ > > Department of Communications / __| |_ __ _ ___ |_ / |_ __ _ _ _ __ > > _ > > University of New South Wales \__ \ ' \/ _` / _ \ / /| ' \/ _` | ' \/ _` > > | > > Sydney, Australia |___/_||_\__,_\___/ /___|_||_\__,_|_||_\__, > > | > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > |___/ > > _____________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > -- ____________________________________________________________________________ Shao Zhang - Running Debian 2.1 ___ _ _____ Department of Communications / __| |_ __ _ ___ |_ / |_ __ _ _ _ __ _ University of New South Wales \__ \ ' \/ _` / _ \ / /| ' \/ _` | ' \/ _` | Sydney, Australia |___/_||_\__,_\___/ /___|_||_\__,_|_||_\__, | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |___/ _____________________________________________________________________________