Re: Best practice vsftpd writable root inside chroot()

2013-08-09 Thread Maik Stubbe
1. Using no ftp - no chance You didn't say but are you using ftp for upload access? Since ftp sends passwords in the clear it is unsuitable in these days of a hostile Internet for any purpose other than anonymous downloading. I need full access from all clients to their home directory

Best practice vsftpd writable root inside chroot()

2013-08-08 Thread Maik Stubbe
Hi, I just came accross this new security feature of vsftpd whith which you cannot have your $HOME writable for a chrooted user. Since this ftp server is a public accessable server with ~60 users and partial nested homedirs, there is no chance that there is no writable homedirectory. Another