Re: [users] Re: Why can't I?
also sprach Auke van der Gaast (on Wed, 13 Jun 2001 05:04:53PM +0200):
> I only want to give people access through FTP. Maybe it's a good
> idea to give them access to the FTP folders of others too, but I
> don't want them browsing through the whole harddisk. They only need
> to be able to retreive or leave me files.
as far as i know, there are chroot ftp servers out there that will do
precisely that. it's still problematic because of /lib and /bin/ls and
other such stuff.
> But if I do this as <user>
>
> cd /home
> chmod o-rwx /
> chmod o-wx /home
>
> Will that do the trick? And what do these last two lines do?
only fo o-rw, not -rwx. the x right must remain.
> chgrp root /
> chgrp root /home
they change the group membership of the files to the group "root"
> Btw. since you're helping me; are you interested in Electronic Music?
> You could find my tracks on www.deflect.org. (goto cyanide)
very much so. i'll check it out.
martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.)
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