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Re: FTP access




On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Mike Almogy wrote:

> Hi all.
> Does anyone knows how to set the FTP directory to be a root directory when
> accessing via FTP program ???
> that means that when someone will try to access the etc directory he will
> be directed to /home/ftp/etc ext'

RTFM. man ftpd, man ftpaccess.

if you want each user to be chrooted to his homedir, it's a great idea,
but limits their options. in any case, look at ProFTPd for more options,
since I see many professional, big sites moving to it (RedHat among them)

http://www.proftpd.org

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