Re: Limit user to use only home folder

2003-01-06 Thread Stephen Carville
On Monday 06 January 2003 07:38 am, Jesse Keating wrote: > On Monday 06 January 2003 07:26, Remus uttered: > > As I told I need a few accounts for sftp connection and I would > > like to prevent these users to see/use root folder. > > Hrm, I see this request a lot, but I don't exactly understand wh

Re: Limit user to use only home folder

2003-01-06 Thread Stephen Carville
nts. > > - Original Message - > From: "Kent Nyberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "RedHat 8.0" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 2:41 PM > Subject: Re: Limit user to use only home folder > > > mån 2003-01-06 klockan 15

Re: Limit user to use only home folder

2003-01-06 Thread Kent Nyberg
This is probably just one way of showing my non existens knowledge about configuring a system, but without knowing all about sftp, cant you just turn the users shell into /dev/null. It will only work IF the user you want to give access to sftp can use sftp without using the shell on the server, if

Re: Limit user to use only home folder

2003-01-06 Thread Rimas
Thank you Kevin Remus - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 3:56 PM Subject: Re: Limit user to use only home folder > Remus, > > As a fol

Re: Limit user to use only home folder

2003-01-06 Thread Kevin . Lisciotti
Remus, As a followup, the December 2002 issue of Linux Magazine has a great 7 page article on using chroot...good luck! ** Kevin Lisciotti, CISSP IT Audit - FRB Boston 617-973-3039 ** -- Psyche-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listma

Re: Limit user to use only home folder

2003-01-06 Thread Kevin . Lisciotti
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Re: Limit user to use only home folder

2003-01-06 Thread Ed Wilts
On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 07:38:40AM -0800, Jesse Keating wrote: > On Monday 06 January 2003 07:26, Remus uttered: > > As I told I need a few accounts for sftp connection and I would like to > > prevent these users to see/use root folder. > > Hrm, I see this request a lot, but I don't exactly unders

Re: Limit user to use only home folder

2003-01-06 Thread Ed Wilts
On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 03:27:58PM -, Remus wrote: > Can I connect to wu-ftpd over ssh? Not really. There is a secure FTP mode (TLS) but it has a bunch of restrictions related to the FTP protocol and the way ports are managed. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Membe

Re: Limit user to use only home folder

2003-01-06 Thread Jesse Keating
On Monday 06 January 2003 07:26, Remus uttered: > As I told I need a few accounts for sftp connection and I would like to > prevent these users to see/use root folder. Hrm, I see this request a lot, but I don't exactly understand why.. if the box is properly configured, what would it matter if t

Re: Limit user to use only home folder

2003-01-06 Thread Remus
Can I connect to wu-ftpd over ssh? Remus - Original Message - From: "Ed Wilts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 3:16 PM Subject: Re: Limit user to use only home folder > On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 03:07:21PM -,

Re: Limit user to use only home folder

2003-01-06 Thread Remus
As I told I need a few accounts for sftp connection and I would like to prevent these users to see/use root folder. Remus - Original Message - From: "Jesse Keating" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 3:18 PM Subject: Re:

Re: Limit user to use only home folder

2003-01-06 Thread Ed Wilts
On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 03:07:21PM -, Remus wrote: > To have several users for sftp connection. The short answer is no - at least not by any supported mechanisms. There are unsupported patches and hacks that help, but there is no good way to prevent any user with ssh/sftp access from grabbing

Re: Limit user to use only home folder

2003-01-06 Thread Jesse Keating
On Monday 06 January 2003 07:07, Remus uttered: > To have several users for sftp connection. I think the question was what do you wish to _stop_ them from doing? What is the danger you forsee? -- Jesse Keating RHCE MCSE For Web Services and Linux Consulting, Visit --> j2Solutions.net Mondo Dev

Re: Limit user to use only home folder

2003-01-06 Thread Remus
To have several users for sftp connection. Remus - Original Message - From: "Kent Nyberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RedHat 8.0" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 2:41 PM Subject: Re: Limit user to use only home folder > mån 2003-01-0

Re: Limit user to use only home folder

2003-01-06 Thread Kent Nyberg
mån 2003-01-06 klockan 15.19 skrev Remus: > Hi folks, > > Is it possible to limit user to use only /home/user folder? > > Thank you > > Remus what do you want to keep them from doing? -- Att bli medveten om sin historia är att bli medveten om sin egenart, det är tankepausen som vi behöver in

Limit user to use only home folder

2003-01-06 Thread Remus
Hi folks, Is it possible to limit user to use only /home/user folder? Thank you Remus -- Psyche-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list