Restrict access to a user, FTP

[Filip]

I want to create user, let's call it 'ftpuser'.
'ftpuser' should only have access to it's home directory and nothin else.
But some other users, should have access to the 'ftpuser' home directory.

I have figured out that it has something to do with chmod, chown, usermod, etc... But I have no idea how to make it work.

Please help!

[spoodie]

This page contains information on what you're supposed to do but I tested it and it doesn't seem to work: http://archiv.debianhowto.de/en/proftpd ... ftpdkonfig

I think all you need to do is create a new group:

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addgroup ftpuser

Add your user to it:

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usermod -G ftpuser [username]

Then add this to the /etc/proftpd.conf and restart the FTP daemon:

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# chroot for all users of the group ftpuser
DefaultRoot ~ ftpuser

But it doesn't seem to restrict the user to their home directory. Maybe I'm doing it wrong.

[Filip]

I have tried your solution and don't get it to work either.

Does anyone have a solution?