Re: adding ftp user

On Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 02:27:46PM +1000, Mario Zuppini wrote: > Does anyone know on the topic of ftp security, how we can limit the ftp user > that log's in to stay in the home dir you assign them, and not be able to > move up the directory tree ? echo lusername >> /etc/ftpchroot that is all tha

Re: adding ftp user

TED]> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 1:09 PM Subject: Re: adding ftp user > William Jensen wrote: > > > > I've just installed ftpd from the stable potato packages. Anonymous ftp > > cannot log in because ftp user does not exist. I've setup a chroot jail &

Re: adding ftp user

William Jensen wrote: > > I've just installed ftpd from the stable potato packages. Anonymous ftp > cannot log in because ftp user does not exist. I've setup a chroot jail > in /home/ftp. What's the best way to add user ftp in a security conscious > way. I tried useradd ftp, then in /etc/passw