Setting up a restricted FTP account.

[LinuxNotMS]

I'm sorry if this topic has been addressed elsewhere within ITRC, but I couldn't find anything.

I am needing to set up ftp accounts with the following restrictions:

1) I don't want the account to be able log in interactively (ie: via telnet), and
2) when the account is logged in correctly (via ftp), I don't want the user to be able to cd to any other directory or be able to look at any other files on the system.

Thank you.

Scott

[John Carr_2]

Scott

have a look at this thread

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=15816

also if you enter "ftp restricted account" in the search box at the top of the screen then scroll down the page you will find lots of usefull threads :-) John.

[Ashwani Kashyap · Accepted solution]

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000062909155

[Hazem Mahmoud_3]

I believe the best method for performing that would be through "ftpaccess" (man ftpaccess). You can also look into "chroot" (man chroot), but I understand that this will be going away some time, however the concept of it follows what you are looking for. It allows you to create a "root" directory and environment for a specific user.

-Hazem

[I.Delic]

Maybe this can help

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=110158

good luck

[Christopher Caldwell]

http://www.wu-ftpd.org/HOWTO/guest.HOWTO

[LinuxNotMS]

Thank to you all. I've got it working to my satisfaction with your help and pointers.