How to Jail FTP User

FTP is built on a client-server architecture and uses separate control and data connections between the client and the server.

Step 1: Prerequisites

To Jail FTP User firstly Configure FTP Server.

Step 2: Modify ftpusers File

Modify ftpusers File in /etc/vsftpd/ftpusers and list the users for jailing.

# vi /etc/vsftpd/ftpusers
root
bin
daemon
adm
lp
sync
shutdown
halt
mail
news
uucp
operator
games
nobody

Step 3: Configure vsftpd.conf File

If we jail ftp user then we make following settings.

# vim /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
chroot_local_user=YES
chroot_list_enable=YES
chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd/chroot_list

Step 4: Restart the service

Now restart the service vsftpd

# service vsftpd restart
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