Restrict directory content to only one filetype

[simonvlc]

Hi there .

I´m facing a problem with a linux/ftp account. I´ve installed vsftpd and created one user without shell access to access a directory on my server.

But ideally, I want to restrict the content upload to that directory to only one type of content (videos, pdfs, docs...).

Is that possible? Thanks in advance, Simon.

[papetova]

I don't think you can do that with FTP, unless you have a FTP scanning tool (like Clam) that can filter out and prevent the uploading of certain files (that's some coding on your part).

You can also filter content upload through php/perl/etc.

Or you can have a cron run every minute that remove certain files from that directory based on file type.

[simonvlc]

I don't think you can do that with FTP, unless you have a FTP scanning tool (like Clam) that can filter out and prevent the uploading of certain files (that's some coding on your part).

You can also filter content upload through php/perl/etc.

Or you can have a cron run every minute that remove certain files from that directory based on file type.

Ty papetova,

I will go with the cron option, I think.

Cheers, Simon.