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Posted: Jan. 22 2006,06:56 QUOTE
I am new to linux and DSL.

I have a quick question. I want to set it so user can not browse out of the /home directory when the user access the server via FTP on the BetaFTP server. Can this be done?

Thanks for your help.
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Posted: Jan. 22 2006,13:13 QUOTE
icpeanuts, I tried to do this but was unable to.  I believe you could create what is called a chroot jail, but I'm still try to work out exactly what you need to place inside the jail to make the usr name/password recognition for betaftpd to work.
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Posted: Jan. 22 2006,19:35 QUOTE
I downloaded Pure-ftpd instead and following their instruction to add /./ to the passwd file of the user and it worksl. I tried various method with betaftp. No outcome.
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Posted: Jan. 22 2006,20:00 QUOTE
Well, I looked around and found a bash script that can set up a nice chroot jail for dsl.  It's called make_chroot_jail.sh and it worked really well, from what I could tell.  It adds users and can update the needed libraries depending on what you need in the shell.  With a little bit of tinkering in the passwd file in the jail it creates you can have everyone who ftps in looking at the same directory.

I wish I understood the script better.  I'm still trying to figure out what I did wrong when I did it by hand, but if the script does it right, that's all I need.

EDIT: you can still see out of the home directory, but only as far as the extent of the chroot jail.
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Posted: Jan. 24 2006,05:19 QUOTE
Anyone have any simpler ways to do this? This should not be a big problem. Thanks in advance.  :D
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