FTP Login – How to Hide Parent Directories on Linux

ftpUbuntuubuntu-9.10

I'm using Ubuntu Server 9.10 with ProFTP and Webmin.

I have things set up such that when the FTP user logs in, the user goes to /var/www/[domain]. The trouble is that I don't want them to see the /var/www part, just the [domain] part. Is there a way to do that?

Best Answer

You can use the setting DefaultRoot to chroot a group to the /var/www/[domain] directory.

For example, this will chroot the group group1 to example.net:

DefaultRoot /var/www/example.net group1

Add to proftpd.conf and restart ftpd. The parameter after the path accepts boolean input.

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