FTP help

[Kramer]

Hi

I've tried to find the answer on this forum and on the net but no luck.

I want to creat a user that DOESN'T have acces to folders outside /home/user/ when login in via FTP. What do a need to change in /etc/proftpd.conf ? I'm guessing that this is the right file to change in since I've not added any other ftp program. I don't want this user to be able to go into /storage , /otherusers , /etc this user should only have acces to it's own home folder and sub folders.

This is what my /etc/proftpd.conf file lookes like.
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# /etc/proftpd.conf -- This is a basic ProFTPD configuration file.
# To really apply changes reload proftpd after modifications.
#

ServerName "Bubba"
ServerType standalone
DeferWelcome off

MultilineRFC2228 on
DefaultServer on
ShowSymlinks on
RequireValidShell off
DefaultRoot /home/

TimeoutNoTransfer 600
TimeoutStalled 600
TimeoutIdle 1200
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[bk]

The file /etc/proftpd.conf contains one line starting with DeafultRoot. Replace that line with these two:

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DefaultRoot                     ~ jaileduser
DefaultRoot                     /home/ !jaileduser

Then jaileduser will only have access to his own home.

Remember to restart ftp:

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/etc/init.d/proftpd restart

[Kramer]

Thanks for the help and pointing me in the right direction but it seems that this applies to GROUPS not users. So I added a group with the same name as the jailed user and added the user to the group then I changed the file to

DeafultRoot ~ !NoJailGroups

This seems to work OK and I hope I didn't brake my system.