-----Original Message----- From: John Meyer [mailto:pueblonative@opensuse.us] Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 9:15 PM To: opensuse@opensuse.org Subject: [opensuse] Restricting a user to one directory for FTP access I had a friend who's a novice on Linux ask me about this so I'm looking for a solution that is relatively simple. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have the ftp service you're using chroot the logins. I use proftp and setting up chroot is a one line option in its config file. <snip> # To cause every FTP user to be "jailed" (chrooted) into their home # directory, uncomment this line. DefaultRoot ~ <snip> Best, ~James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org