Re: restricting ftp access

[Michael Sorrentino <mike rwgusa net>]

I find proftpd is far easier to configure to cage users into their 
directories. Also, it's a matter of opinion but I believe it's more secure 
than Wuftpd

On Friday 12 July 2002 12:19 pm, Ed Wilts wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 11:52:11AM -0700, daniel wrote:
> > you know how if you log into some sites with your ftp client, the machine
> > puts you in "/home/username/" but as far as your client is concerned
> > you're at "/"?  how do you do that?  does it have somthing to do with
> > chroot?  what is that?  this is one of those questions i've had for a
> > long time but never thought to ask.
>
> Assuming your ftp server is wu-ftpd, read the guest howtos at
> http://www.wu-ftpd.org/HOWTO/

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