Restrict FTP access to a single directory for only one user.


 
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Old 05-23-2008
hmmmm...looks like worth..

But what special permissions can we give while transferring files using FTP?
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Old 05-23-2008
Give read and write permissions only to the owner of the file, so that only owner can ftp those files..
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