Re: FTP and locking out the root -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: FTP and locking out the root
From: Wayne McAlpine <wayne.mcalpine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:17:14 -0500
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Here's a link to the IBM technical document that I based my program on.

http://tinyurl.com/53r8py

Pete Massiello wrote:

I am trying to setup FTP, such that the userid that I create and sign-on
with via FTP has a directory which they can't exit out of.

Userid is USERA they have in their profile a Home directory setup as
/FTP/USERA I do not wish for them to be able to get out of this directory.

Thanks

Pete

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