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  From: Glen Vallance <glen@webmedia.com.au>
  To  : LinuxSA <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 08:41:06 +0930

Re: FTP permissions

Hi ppl,

Josh Cole solved this problem for me.  Just add this line to your ftpaccess:

  guestgroup [username]

And then copy the contents of /home/ftp to ~[username] to give them the bits
and pieces they need.

I knew it should be easy, but that's even better than I thought =).

Glen

David Newall wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Toby Corkindale wrote:
> >>> Has anyone set-up ftpaccess to restrict people from going back down the
> >>> directory structure?
> > or chroot() for that matter.
>
> chroot certainly can be used to restrict people from going back down the
> directory structure, but it's a complete pain in the butt.  Remember that
> when ftpd chroot's, the meaning of / changes.  Just consider what files
> are essential to run any program.  /lib/ld.so, /lib/libc.so, /bin/sh,
> /usr/bin/gzip, /bin/ls.  Actually, the list is long and I shan't waste
> anyone's time trying for a full enumeration.
>
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