On Sat, 07 Aug 1999 at 16:21:59 -0600, Scott D. Yelich wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Aug 1999, Mate Wierdl wrote:
> > If you want to give part of the control back to root, use qmail-users.
> 
> I may end up going this way, it might just be cleaner...
> [...]
> I have the user owning $HOME, and u-w (and go-w too) .... I have root
> owning the .qmail files (not that this seems to really do anything or
> phase qmail).  The users don't have shells, but they do have ftp access.
> They "could" write to $HOME provided the perms were there.  As I said in
> a private message to someone, I just need to see if my ftpd allows chmod
> - -- if not, I appear to have what I want.  I haven't decided if
> users/assign would make things easier.  I'll think about it.

Off-qmail, but as we discuss this topic...

E.g. using proftpd admin can make files _not_ owned by luser
non-visible for luser. An excerpt from proftpd.conf:

<Directory ~luser>
  HideUser root
  HideNoAccess
  <Limit ALL>
    IgnoreHidden on
  </Limit>
</Directory>

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