The answer to my problem lay in my original post (appended below).
As Patrick Farley pointed out, it should be "guestgroup <groupname>"
and not "guestgroups <groupname>" in /etc/ftpaccess.
Silly mistake .... I assumed that this part of the configuration
was correct b/c the guest members could log in. Looks like they
were logging in as real users with the usual access to the
whole file system.
Thanks again Patrick,
Chas
>Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 04:02:43
>To: alpha-osf-managers_at_ornl.gov
>From: chas <panda_at_peace.com.my>
>Subject: Wu-ftpd guest access not chroot'ing
>
>I've installed Wu-ftp and it works fine for real
>users logging in but now trying to set it up for guest
>users and the chroot doesn't seem to be working.
>I've added the /./ to the home directory in /etc/passwd :
>
>fred:FUzFxpG7QiffF:100:100:Fred:/usr/www/./:/etc/ftponly
>
>The shell /etc/ftponly exist in /etc/shells.
>
>Am I missing something here on implementing chroot ?
>I've noticed a couple of questions in the archives where people
>seem to have had a similar problem but few summaries.
>
>Thank you very much in advance (if there's anyone not watching
>the match)
>
>chas
>
>I don't think the following would affect the ability to chroot
>but just for the record :
>
>Wu-ftp is run with the -a flag to allow guest access. In inetd.conf :
>ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/etc/ftpd ftpd -a
>
>I've also copied /sbin/ls to /usr/www/bin/ls
>and the passwd/group files to /usr/www/etc
>
>The guest user 'fred' can log into the FTP server
>and finds himself in the home directory. But he can
>still cd to any part of the file system.
>
>I've also added "guestgroups ftpusers" to the /etc/ftpaccess
>file where the guest ftp user 'fred' is a member of the group
>'ftpusers' but I don't think that would affect the ability to
>chroot.
>
>
>
Received on Wed Jul 08 1998 - 03:44:21 NZST