Well unfortunately, that didn't solve the problem - it was a good idea
though - something I hadn't tried yet.
The CHROOT command seems to be the way to go - but I don't really know how
to invoke it through FTP...  could this be done?

Joel

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Wilburn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2000 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: FTP & File Permissions


> On Sat, 27 May 2000, Joel Lansden wrote:
>
> > I have users configured as FTP users only, so they cannot leave their
> > home directories in FTP.  So now I'm left with this bizarre phenomena:
> > when logged in via FTP, the DIR command returns nothing.  The LS
> > command returns everything. Unfortunately, all the FTP programs I've
> > tested use DIR, thus not displaying any files.  Files can be deleted,
> > renamed, uploaded, anything - just not seen.
> >
> > Can anyone help me w/ this?  I'm pretty sure it has something to do w/
> > permissions, ownership, and/or grouping - but obviously, I'm at a loss
> > here.
>
> When I've set up chroot'd FTP users in FreeBSD, I needed to add a copy of
> the ls program to their home directory because their ftp clients don't
> have access to programs outside their restricted area. If I recall
> correctly, you can set permissions on the local ls to execute only.
>
> This may not apply to Linux FTP, but you can give it a try.
>
> Gene
>
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