Well not sure if this is the best way to do it but here is what I did. Please enlighten me if what I did is incorrect or poses some security flaws. First I created a user , lets call him myuser with no shell access I pointed his home directory to /var/ftp/myuser ( I created the myuser dir first) I then added myuser to vsftpd.chroot_list so he only has access to /var/ftp/myuser I changed group for myuser to be ftp I left owner as root Inside /var/ftp/myuser I created the following directories: incoming and outgoing For the incoming directory I allowed write access by changing owner to myuser For the outgoing directory I only allowed read access.
Now this does what I want it to do, but I am not sure how "secure" this is. Richard Humphrey -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andrew Robinson Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 9:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FTP I'm about to configure a similar box. If you would, please post that configuration to the list. Thanks! Andrew Robinson At 09:15 AM 3/14/2003 -0600, you wrote: >On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 08:23:06AM -0600, Richard Humphrey wrote: > > I am currently working on setting up our company FTP server. What we are > > looking for is to set it up with a specified username/password that > only our > > distributors have access to. I would like to create 2 directories. The > first > > one would be a directory that would allow them to upload files (need write > > access) and another directory that is read-only. My server is running RH 8 > > and uses vsftpd. I have read various ways of setting this up, but I am new > > to Linux and don't really understand which is the best way. Is it best to > > create a user <ftpuser> and just have them access the home directory? I > want > > to allow them to upload, but not rename or delete any of the directories > > etc. How should I go about this? I know there are similar posts in here > > about vsftp but not sure how they apply to my situation. > >I do this with hundreds of customer accounts with wu-ftpd. If you're >willing to switch servers to wu-ftpd, drop me an e-mail and I'll let you >know how I've got things set up. Since I've never used vsftpd, my setup >may not work in your environment and it's not the kind of thing you can >afford to get wrong. > > .../Ed > >-- >Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program > > > >-- >redhat-list mailing list >unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list ************************************************************************ * Andrew W. Robinson | Voice: +1 (504)-378-0179 * * Computerized Processes Unlimited, LLC. | FAX: +1 (504)-889-2799 * * 4200 S. I-10 Service Rd., Suite 205 | E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Metairie, LA 70001 | WWW: http://www.cpu.com * * "Consulting System Integrators" * ************************************************************************ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
