On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 12:01:29PM -0600, Dana Holland wrote: > > I'm having problems with creating a secure guest FTP account. The > instructions say to edit the /etc/passwd file and add /./ to the end of > the path to the user directory in order to keep the users from backing up > to higher level directories. This is what my entry looks like in > /etc/passwd:
Hum... Sounds a bit dated. Restricting access to the user directory has been the default for some time now. > robri:x:504:99::/www/docs/academic_programs/math/robri/./:/dev/null Try this: robri:x:504:99::/www/docs/academic_programs/math/robri:/etc/ftponly and add /etc/ftponly to the list of valid shells in /etc/shells Emmanuel -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
