Just add DefaultRoot "~"
to the proftpd.conf In this case it does not matter if your user has a shell or not! But better create ftp-users with no shell! Regards, Martin On 26-Jun-2001 Luc MAIGNAN wrote: > Hi, > > I use proftpd to allow users to connect to my server via ftp. I've declared a > new user on my server, and set its home directory to /home/newuser. But in > this case, I have a security problem : when connected, the root directory for > ftp is still :/home/newuser; so he can access the tree /home or /. How can I > specify /home/newuser is in fact / for him ? > > Thanks for any help > > Best regards > > --Luc > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------- Martin Buschjost / Technik Oberberg-Online Informationssysteme GmbH Robert-Wilhelm-Bunsen-Str. 5 51647 Gummersbach Tel.: 02261/814-240 Fax: 02261/814-919 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------