Directory access limit question

[Dan Shoop]

At 11:15 AM -0400 5/29/07, Richard Peskin wrote:
>I have encountered a server where user directory access is limited 
>in the following sense. Instead of "/" referring to the actual root 
>directory, "/" refers to the user's home directory. That is, when 
>the user accesses (for example) "/somedir",  "somedir" is a 
>directory found at the top level of the user's home directory, not a 
>directory found under the real root.

It's called a chroot or a basedir, depending on the particulars.

>How can one set up this sort of thing?

Depends on what service(s) we're talking about.
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-dhan

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