proftpd help!

[hungryOrb]

Hi.. looking around for help on making some virtual users which have access only to their home directories, which have their separate permissions. But .. hmm, I can't find a guide or explanation that provides the right information!

I assume, from what I've seen, that all users are made in the config file? Seems strange..

Thanks for considering

[_madman_]

From what I understand: Programs run as (and with the permissions of) the user that invokes them. Therefore if a user was confined to their home directory, any programs that might be run would also have to be; maybe through some creative linking? My guess is that you will probably need a special program (daemon) to mimic that. How can a user actually do anything otherwise?

There are also a lot of fancy things you can do with permissions on directories. If a directory is altered with the command:

chmod a-r <dir>

then its contents can't be listed, but can be accessed. This might have adverse effects on programs that need to list directories for whatever reasons.

I'm just throwing out some random ideas. I've pondered similar restrictions before; never really acted on them though.

[hungryOrb]

Thanks madman
A solution may lie in chmod.. thanks for sharing the information.
I was hoping for virtual user info. Strange it's not easy to find!
Rob