ftp access outside /Users/*

[xegan]

I would like to config my ftp server to allow
(at least one user) to access parts of my machine
outside the /Users/ directory, especially my other
volumes/partitions.

I imagine that there are some security risks involved
in doing this, but I would like to know how to do
this all the same. It would be really great to know
how to turn access on and off to certain directories.

Can I do this with osX's default ftp server, or do I
need to install another ftp server? Does the ftp
client used make any difference?

If someone could point me in the right direction, I'd
appreciate it.


thx-
xegan

 

[howardm4]

actually, you dont have to do anything.

The normal mode for FTP would allow that.

For example, I can FTP into my G4 as my usual user and can then
do a 'cd /Volumes' w/o problem.

Perhaps your thinking of the chroot hack in the Apple ftpd that makes
the machine do a chroot if the user's name is in a ftpchroot (or whatever
the name is, see 'man ftpd').

 

[xegan]

i guess that it was the ftp client I was using
(IE5 from a PC at work to my mac at home).
It wouldn't let me nav outside of my /Users/ dir.

I used NN 4.x, 6.x on a PC and it worked fine.

I also noticed that when you use Win/IE as an ftp
client, it displays your login & ** PASSWD ** (!!!)
in the IE button down in the taskbar.

Nice MS security. . . sheesh. . .