Directory Jailing Problems with ProFTPD

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June 21st, 2000, 12:46 AM

robh

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I've read documentation on PROFTPD's site and other topics on this site and I still don't understand how to block out directories to users except their directory and ones they might create above it. I'm planning on doing web hosting, so I will have alot of users. Right now, I'm testing the box and it's very unsecure because of this. Where and what do I put into the conf file to limit access to directories below theirs? Remember, I want this for ALL USERS. There will be no anonymous access. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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June 21st, 2000, 01:56 AM

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>>Where and what do I put into the conf file to limit
>>access to directories below theirs?
http://www.devshed.com/Talk/Forums/Forum15/HTML/000050.html

[This message has been edited by freebsd (edited June 21, 2000).]

June 21st, 2000, 10:34 AM

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Thanks for the help. I've already read those messages under the URL and I still did not understand. If it is ok, could you go into a small depth on what to do? I'm sorry that I don't understand.

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June 21st, 2000, 05:44 PM

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Okay, let me explain once again.
Let say the system path to home directory is /home/username. The apache webserver path to user account is /home/username/public_html (this is the default directory when users log in..

DefaultChdir ~/public_html

This is the highest dir (home dir) a user can reach. So that a user can't browse to other users' directory.
DefaultRoot ~/public_html

Please read the docs of proftpd at http://www.proftpd.net/docs/configuration.html again.

June 21st, 2000, 08:50 PM

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Ok, thanks for your help. Sorry that I am stupid.

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June 21st, 2000, 10:56 PM

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I still can't get it to work. I read the link that you put on here... this is a simple thing to do, I know... but I'm stupid. Where in the proftpd.conf file do i put this?

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June 22nd, 2000, 12:50 AM

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>>Where in the proftpd.conf file do i put this?

You can put it inside a <Global> block or without inside of any block, which is anywhere.

June 22nd, 2000, 09:46 PM

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Thanks for your help. The version I had of ProFTPD wasn't up to date. That's why everything wasn't working and I kept asking where and how... thanks again...

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