/etc/ftpchroot

Access control file for ftpd

Name:

/etc/ftpchroot

Description:

The /etc/ftpchroot file lists the users who should have their session's root directory changed (using chroot()). The root directory is changed accordingly:

• if set, the directory that's specified in the /etc/ftpd.conf chroot directive
• home directory of the user.

If this file doesn't exist, the root directory change isn't performed.

The syntax is similar to /etc/ftpusers, except that the class argument is ignored:

userglob[:groupglob][@host] [directive]

Please refer to /etc/ftpusers for detailed descriptions for each element.

If there's a positive match, the session's root directory is changed. No further comparisons are attempted after the first successful match. This syntax is backward-compatable with the old syntax.

See also:

ftpd, /etc/ftpd.conf, /etc/ftpusers