ftpchroot is fixed in 10.2.4

dstranathan

Unless I am smokin' butt crack, I do believe that the FTPd in OS X 10.2.4 (client) now obeys the etc/ftpchroot file.



I am a happy man.



(granted, I did a couple funky things to my FTP test box before I realized that the ftpchroot file might actually work, so I need to go to a "clean" 10.2.4 box and retest)



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ghost_user_name

holy crap! great news!







Thanks for the update. *runs off to test*

low-fi

About time.



low-fi

gardenofearthlydelights

[quote]Originally posted by Brad:

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Thanks for the update. *runs off to test*</strong><hr></blockquote>



Waiting for: *runs back to post that test was successful*

ghost_user_name

Heh, sorry about that. Yes, things seem to be working properly now.

defiant

what is that file ? what does it ? why are you all so excited about it ?

ghost_user_name

If you run the FTP server, it allows you restrict users' access to their home directories *only* as opposed to being able to see all the drive from "/".

defiant

ah. thanks.

dstranathan

Well, I tried it again on a "virgin" 10.2.4 Mac and ftpchroot doesn't work! Grrr!



Here is an EASY fix:



Read the info:



<a href="http://discussions.info.apple.com/[email protected]@.3bbeb9c0/1"; target="_blank">http://discussions.info.apple.com/[email protected]@.3bbeb9c0/1</a>;



Download his ftpd file from here:



<a href="http://www.chezludo.com/ftpd.tar"; target="_blank">http://www.chezludo.com/ftpd.tar</a>;



Replace your current /usr/libexec/ftpd with his. Watch the permissions, it needs to be "-r-xr-xr-x" (owner = root, group = wheel)



Create your etc/ftpchroot file (unless you have one)



Start ftp services



Test!



Works great!