topic ftp in Operating System - HP-UX

ftp

G.Kumar — Mon, 10 Sep 2001 16:43:28 GMT

Hi ;

I have a question.I am trying to restrict one user to access only his home directory when he use ftp.I am using the home directory entry as
" /home/user1/. " in /etc/passwd.. still when logs with ftp he is able to change his directory.I am using rsh as his shell.

Any suggestions ?Am i doing a wrong set up.
Any help ?

Thanks in advance

Re: ftp

Wodisch — Mon, 10 Sep 2001 17:24:34 GMT

Hello,

basically the answer is: you cannot! At least: not with
the ftpd delivered with HP-UX.
YOu could try to get another ftpd, there are some with
that kind of feature...

HTH,
Wodisch

Re: ftp

Santosh Nair_1 — Mon, 10 Sep 2001 17:32:05 GMT

Actually, if the machine is running HPUX 11.0 then you can do this. Basically, HPUX 11.0's ftp daemon is an older version of wu-ftpd, which has the ability to chroot a user.
Take a look at the ftpd and ftpaccess man pages for more details.

Hope this helps.

-Santosh

Re: ftp

A. Clay Stephenson — Mon, 10 Sep 2001 17:34:59 GMT

If you are running 11x then you are running wuftp. You can make a passwd entry to force a chroot to a directory then a chdir to a desired directory. Man ftpaccess for details on how to do this.

Clay

Re: ftp

someone_4 — Mon, 10 Sep 2001 17:39:53 GMT

Hello I have attached a doc that should help

Richard

Re: ftp

G.Kumar — Mon, 10 Sep 2001 18:01:55 GMT

thanks to all.

Richard's document has helped me.Thank you.

My problem was a wrong entry in ftpaccess

thanks again
GK