Lock FTP account inside directory only?

Kilwa

Hello,

I have a Kinsufi server and I want to create a new FTP and lock it in one directory only. So I don't want the user to see the other files in the server.

I tried google and I created an FTP account while ago but I couldn't manage to lock it. Anyway, I want to start from zero this time by creating a new FTP account.

This community has been a great help for me to manage a server..So Please how can I:

• Create FTP account?
• Lock it inside a directory only?

Thanks a lot for all your help in advance!

superpilesos

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/vsftp-chroot-users-limit-to-only-their-home-directory.html

BlazeMuis

chroot

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Damn you @superpilesos

HalfEatenPie

There's a great service known as Google

Sunshine

@Kilwa said: I tried google

@HalfEatenPie said: There's a great service known as Google

Yeah, and the great thing about Google is that his query
"Lock FTP account inside directory only"
will now return this thread as first result, for other people who'd phrase it in a similar way

blergh_

glftpd can do this very easily too.

sleddog

@superpilesos said: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/vsftp-chroot-users-limit-to-only-their-home-directory.html

This tells you how to do it specifically for vsftpd.

@HalfEatenPie said: There's a great service known as Google

Which is a dog's breakfast if you don't know exactly what you're looking for....

@joodle said: chroot

Ah! There's a useful keyword...

@blergh_ said: glftpd can do this very easily too.

But with different syntax than vsftpd.

So maybe (a) read the docs for your ftp server, or (b) google for "[name of ftp server] chroot user".

superpilesos

Or (c) install vsftpd and follow the tutorial

sleddog

@superpilesos said: Or (c) install vsftpd and follow the tutorial

Which complicates matters even more if he already has an FTP server running....

marrco

ForceCommand internal-sftp and ChrootDirectory

you don't need ftp, if you use sshd your sftp server is already capable of doing all you need.

Kilwa

Guys, thanks a lot but I am confused now :P

I use root for my server OK? I can see all the directories and I want to keep doing that.

I created an FTP account for another user and I tried the vsftpd link above and I logged in as if I am the user and I could see all the directories.

I don't know what I have done wrong

NickGH

what i do is i create a new user and set their home directory as the desired location and i use vsftpd and chroot it. Granted I create the user in webmin and since my ftp program is already set up its just a matter of creating the user and not worying as it is automatic.

netomx

Hold me until tonight and I'm gonna put a tutorial

Kilwa

@netomx said: Hold me until tonight and I'm gonna put a tutorial

Thanks a lot Please can you do it from A to Z if you don't mind ?

Benedikt

useradd -d /var/www/ftp_test/ dir -s /bin/false/ ftp_test passwd ftp_test mkdir /var/www/ftp_test/ chmod 775 /var/www/ftp_test/ chown -R ftp_test /var/www/ftp_test/

Thats it, no way to see other dictionaries?