[ubuntu-uk] Clever tricks using vsftpd virtual users to have seperate permissisons

[Glen Mehn]

On 04/11/10 19:02, Matthew Wild wrote:
> On 4 November 2010 15:20, Matt Darcy<ubuntu.lists at projecthugo.co.uk>  wrote:
>> I'm looking at clever ways to do this such as a permissions schema
>> linking into mysql, but it's starting to get a bit over the top. I'm
>> confident this isn't possible but thought I'd throw it out to the list
>> to see if any of you have come up with clever solutions.
>>
>>
Also perhaps consider running vsftpd in a chroot environment (much 
googling may be required here, depending on your user level) 
Essentially, you'll create a fake /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files 
which will duplicate shell users. I've not done this with vsftpd.


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