Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 12:41:07 -0500
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Dr. Tom Blinn wondered what had been my question. Sorry for the unclear
message. The implicit question is "How to set up an account to do what =
I
described".
Here is an update.
(1) FTP only
I had tried /bin/false (before sending the first message), but it
had not allowed me to FTP either. Marco Luchini pointed me to the =
error. I
had to add /bin/false to the list of shells in /etc/shells for FTP to =
work.
(Thank you Marco.) However, the account can still connect through =
Common
Desktop Enviroenment. It just cannot bring up a terminal, but it can =
still
use graphic tools such as the File Manager. So I still need help in =
this
area.
(2) Cannot cd outside the home directory.
I still need help in this area. (Sorry again that the question was
not clear. I was not talking about setting permission using chmod.)
(3) One sub-directory to create files.
Again, I failed to properly formulate my question. I was not talking
about chown and chmod. I want to allow people to create only files =
(i.e. I
want them only to FTP the files to the WRITE sub-directory), but not =
create
sub-sub-directory in the WRITE sub-directory. I still need help in this
area. However, if there is no easy solution, I can live without it.
Thanks.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tran, Duc-Chi - IMA/MAI=20
> Sent: November 19, 1999 10:22
> To: Digital Unix ListServ (E-mail)
> Subject: An account for people to FTP in, but not an ANONYMOUS FTP=20
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> Dear Guru:
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> We would like to create an account with a valid name and password for =
a
> group of people to FTP their data into our machine. We do not want to =
use
> ANONYMOUS FTP. (We know these people.) Obviously, we want to limit =
this
> account to only 3 permissions:
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> (1) FTP only (i.e. cannot do anything else)
> (2) Read permission only to its "home" directory and sub-directory =
(i.e.
> cannot cd to anywhere else) =20
> (3) Write to one specific directory under its "home" directory.
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> Many thanks.
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> Duc-Chi Tran (613) 951-3626 duc-chi.tran_at_statcan.ca
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Received on Fri Nov 19 1999 - 18:26:41 NZDT