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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: HELP: can i restrict FTP to usesr's home directory?
Date: 5 Oct 1996 19:16:22 GMT
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nigel@4kz.com.au (Nigel Gorry) wrote:

> is there a way I can restrict a users ftp access to their own home 
> directory???

wuftpd's ``guest account'' feature is probably what you are looking
for.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)