Limiting FTP to one directory.

[Chuck Bearden]

On Sat, 14 Feb 1998, Charles P. Hobbs wrote:

> 
> On our school's web page, a faculty member wants to be able to upload
> class notes, etc. to the server. I can set aside a directory for him.
> 
> I'd like to be able to set-up an FTP client that can only upload to that
> directory, and not the root or any other directory on the server.
> 
> Is this possible? (We're using Windows 95)
> 
> Thanks!

Are you sure you want to set up a client to do this and not a server?
I'm not sure you can set up a client to do this, and even if you do, 
you are dependent on folks' using the client for your security.  

I would think it would be much easier and more secure to set up an 
ftp server for this purpose.  If you are running a Unix variant (incl. 
Linux), you can use the guest account facility of WU-FTPD to set up 
accounts that are limited in the scope of the filesystem they can 
browse.  

If you are running Win95 or WinNT as your web server, the War-FTPD 
daemon will also let you specify root directories for particular 
accounts, and general permissions over those directories and files.  
And it's free.

Chuck


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