vsftpd setup

Hi all, I am setting up vsftpd on fedora 2 linux server, everything is fine,
the problem is that when i connect or login, I realised user can do "cd .."
or "cd /" to change directory almost anywhere", although user has no ability
to modify but I dont feel user need to have such ability. Is there a way to
restrict or prevent user from doing this?
thanks in advance for information.
Jemy

In comp.os.linux.networking Jemy <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Hi all, I am setting up vsftpd on fedora 2 linux server, everything is fine,
> the problem is that when i connect or login, I realised user can do "cd .."
> or "cd /" to change directory almost anywhere", although user has no ability
> to modify but I dont feel user need to have such ability. Is there a way to
> restrict or prevent user from doing this?
> thanks in advance for information.
> Jemy

Hi.
That means your configuration is not right.
Because, when user connect to your ftp (with vsftpd), by default the
configuration make a chroot to the path specified in /etc/passwd.

To prove, I have installed vsftpd in my computer and works right, only
starting the service (without configuration).

Make sure in the /etc/passwd you have the right path (see the ftp user).

Bye!



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Hi Jemy,


> Hi all, I am setting up vsftpd on fedora 2 linux server, everything is fine,
> the problem is that when i connect or login, I realised user can do "cd .."
> or "cd /" to change directory almost anywhere", although user has no ability
> to modify but I dont feel user need to have such ability. Is there a way to
> restrict or prevent user from doing this?

man 5 vsftpd.conf

look for chroot_list_enable and chroot_local_user

pAt

thanks Patrick. that does the job..

Jemy


"Patrick Weber" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi Jemy,
>
>
> > Hi all, I am setting up vsftpd on fedora 2 linux server, everything is
fine,
> > the problem is that when i connect or login, I realised user can do "cd
..."
> > or "cd /" to change directory almost anywhere", although user has no
ability
> > to modify but I dont feel user need to have such ability. Is there a way
to
> > restrict or prevent user from doing this?
>
> man 5 vsftpd.conf
>
> look for chroot_list_enable and chroot_local_user
>
> pAt

I've tried tons of different ftp daemons (proftpd, oftpd, pure-ftpd,
glftpd...) and vsftpd was by far my favorite. Very stable - low resource
usage - easy to config yet no loss in featuers. Its the best. Good choice.

Jemy wrote:
> Hi all, I am setting up vsftpd on fedora 2 linux server, everything is fine,
> the problem is that when i connect or login, I realised user can do "cd .."
> or "cd /" to change directory almost anywhere", although user has no ability
> to modify but I dont feel user need to have such ability. Is there a way to
> restrict or prevent user from doing this?
> thanks in advance for information.
> Jemy
>
>