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Hide files in upper folder levels from home (FTP)

How to hide files in upper levels from home directory?

Home folder of user ftpuser

/var/www/ftpuser

When the user ftpuser login on the FTP he can see all upper levels of the filesystem? The "start" folder level is /var/www/ftpuser.. How to change that to something like / so the user can't move up in the filesystem

# useradd ftpuser -p upload -d /var/www/ftpuser -s /bin/false
# passwd ftpuser
Solution

  • Most FTP servers allow you to "chroot" your FTP root directory, on either/both a "default" and/or per-user basis.

    Here is a good tutorial; your mileage will vary depending on platform and FTP server package you're using: