hide folder(s)

[roeiboot]

oi,

i'm using Pro-FTP server on Linux 7.1, is there a way to hide certain folders for the the FTP users ??

 

[xsriram]

/etc/ftpaccess should help you

 

[roeiboot]

i don't have a ect/ftpaccess at all... and yet the ftp server works.

 

[sleipnir214]

What folders in specific do you want to hide? Are you giving your FTP users access to the entire file system, or are you jailing them to their home directories? ______________________________________________________________________

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TANSTAAFL!

 

[roeiboot]

i wanna hide the default "Desktop" folder that is created by RH. i am 'jailing' the users in their own home-dir by the way.. everything manually since i still don't get the group stuff :]

 

[sleipnir214]

You don't have to jail everyone manually. Just use the directive &quot;DefaultRoot ~&quot; in the <Global>...</Global> context and everyone is jailed. If you have a userid named &quot;foo&quot;, and you want that user to not be jailed, change the line to read &quot;DefaultRoot ~ !foo&quot;.


Anyway, the Desktop is created by KDE. If your users use the KDE GUI, then they're going to have to have access to it then.

Here's one way: Create a group called &quot;noshow&quot;. Set ownership of the Desktop directory to that group, but leave the user ownership alone. In proftp.conf, add an entry that reads something like:
<Directory /*>
HideGroup noshow
</Directory>

In the <Global>...</Global> section add:
<Limit ALL>
IgnoreHidden on
</Limit>

Restart proftpd. ______________________________________________________________________

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TANSTAAFL!

 

[roeiboot]

that didn't work (yet)... if the directory is only used by people using the KDE GUI i might as well delete the dir correct.. all those users are FTP only users.

still i don't get the whole group thing from Linux :]