topic Re: FTP User in Operating System - HP-UX

FTP User

Ray Pemberton — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 04:20:50 GMT

I have set a restricted FTP user up for a client.

When I or one of my colleagues from another site log into this user and perform an "ls" we get a list of files. When the client logs in he can put and get files but when he performs an "ls" he does not get a list.

Any ideas why?

Re: FTP User

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 04:29:56 GMT

The user is probably set up in ftpaccess as chroot without access to the ls binary.

When you chroot a user it makes the home directoy the root for that user. Can't go higher and make trouble.

This makes things more secure, since ftp is inherently insecure.

To function properly, the ls command must be available in the users home directory.

SEP

Re: FTP User

Sergejs Svitnevs — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 04:42:03 GMT

You need to have that /usr/bin/ls tree under the home directory the client is chroot'ed to.

Regards,
Sergejs

Re: FTP User

Borislav Perkov — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 04:52:05 GMT

Hi Ray,

Look this threads:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=893720

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=966358

Regards,
Borislav

Re: FTP User

Ray Pemberton — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 05:12:54 GMT

No sure if you are understanding the problem or I am not understanding your replies.

I log in to the user/password and do "ls" I see files.

He logs into thge same user/password does an "ls" and does not see any files?

Re: FTP User

Sergejs Svitnevs — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 05:25:45 GMT

Please check /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess file for more detail. Seems You have different IP-based restrictions for the same user.

Regards,
Sergejs

Re: FTP User

Orhan Biyiklioglu — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 05:25:53 GMT

Is there anything in /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log

Re: FTP User

Robert Vernon — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 10:20:45 GMT

Is the file system locally mounted or is it an NFS/AutoFS mount?