On 10 August 2010 03:28, Daniel Case <danielcas...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> I just set it in the config file: > It told me to uncomment the line which said something along the lines of: > > DocumentRoot: ~ > > If i set it to an actual directory it will be fine, for example: /var/www > But then how do i set diff users diff directories? > Daniel > > > On 9 August 2010 23:54, Simon Greenwood <sfgreenw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> That sounds really familiar but I haven't done anything with ProFTPD for a >> long time. How do you set up the chroot? >> >> S >> >> On 9 Aug 2010 23:05, "Daniel Case" <danielcas...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi There guys, I have a little server that I use for testing purposes and >> im having some problems with FTP. >> I am using Ubuntu 10.04 and proftpd >> >> When I do not chroot local users it will go to there home directory when >> they log in (/home/ftp for my FTP user) but the problem with that is they >> can get out quite easily so i tried to jail them in the chroot. >> >> For some reason whenever I set that it puts the user straight into the >> root directory and doesn't let them into anything. I was expecting it to >> just chroot the user in /home/ftp >> >> I did put this on the Ubuntu Forum but it appears no-one could answer, i >> bumped it twice after it dropped from the fifth page... >> >> -- >> >> Ah, found it. You need to set the execute bit on the directory that you chroot a user to. That's a U*ix thing rather than a proftpd thing. Here's[1] a guide to the old fashioned way to set it up. 1. http://aplawrence.com/Bofcusm/2512.html s/ -- My CV: http://bit.ly/sfgreenwood_cv Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/simonfgreenwood Twitter: @sfgreenwood
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