FTP User

[Ray Pemberton]

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?

[Steven E. Protter]

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

[Sergejs Svitnevs]

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

Regards,
Sergejs

[Borislav Perkov]

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

[Ray Pemberton]

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?

[Sergejs Svitnevs]

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

Regards,
Sergejs

[Orhan Biyiklioglu]

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

[Robert Vernon]

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