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- Chroot users with OpenSSH: An easier way to confine users to their home directories
- With the release of OpenSSH 4.9p1, you no longer have to rely on third-party hacks or complicated chroot setups to confine users to their home directories or give them access to SFTP services. Vincent Danen tells you how to take advantage of this new addition to OpenSSH. by Vincent Danen
- Tags: SFTP, OpenSSH, Home Directory, Vincent Danen
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- Configuring user home directories in Windows Server 2003 R2
- In versions of Windows prior to Windows Server 2003 R2, when you create a new user account, you have to create the home directory in a separate step. This leaves room for error if the folder is not configured, meaning the user will have no access to the home directory....
- Tags: User Account, Microsoft Windows Server, Home Directory, Windows Server 2003 R2, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Derek Schauland
- Blog posts 2008-01-29
- Home Directory Mappings
- I created a home directory for about 20 people on our network. It works fine, but it won't map automatically on boot up. I have to manually map each persons pc. I thought if you create the home directory in the users profile it maps each PC at boot up....
- Tags: jotto@..., home directory, login script
- Discussion threads 2007-11-02
- IIS 6.0 FTP Issue
- I am having some users able to connect to my FTP server and upload files, but I have a problem user and their client is giving them this error:An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.I have a stanard IIS 6.0 install on Windows 2003 SP1Users get locked...
- Tags: retro77@..., Microsoft IIS Server, Microsoft IIS 6.0, home directory
- Discussion threads 2007-08-23
- PHP LDAP and authentication with Windows Domain
- I am trying to build a webpage in PHP that will be able to search, create or modify users on the the network. So far I am able to do all three. The problem comes when I try to go to my home directory to open a called test.txt. I...
- Tags: Scripting languages, authentication, Raven2260@..., home directory, Windows Domain, PHP, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-08-20
- Windows 2003 Storage Server
- I have a Windows 2003 Storage Server that houses all student home directories. These home directories are subdirectories of another directory which are grouped based on graduation year. They are all on a seperate partition from the OS. I would like to delete all the directories for the summer. Will...
- Tags: Storage, obnetadmin, Windows 2003 Storage Server, home directory, storage server, Microsoft Windows 2003, server, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-06-19
- home directory list in samba
- I have a minimal experience setting up Samba and need to set it so all home directories are browseable via windows explorer. I currently can see my own home directory but need access to "chuck" and "daves" directories as well. I do have access locally on the server, but again,...
- Tags: syemm@..., home directory
- Discussion threads 2007-06-11
- FTP Server
- We have Redhat linux 9.0 in our office and i configured vsftpd server, the problem is if open the ftp server in my brower all the root folders are getting listed, I don't want to list other folders and files, as soon as users login it should show only their...
- Tags: Redhat Linux, bubloob_13@..., linux, FTP server, server
- Discussion threads 2007-02-27
- Home Directory Storage Consolidation With the StorageTek 5000 Family of NAS Appliances
- In the early days of distributed computing, home directories were commonly assigned to individual desktops, making it difficult for administrators to protect and preserve data availability during backup, restore, and disaster recovery operations. This paper describes these problems and outlines steps for implementing and consolidating home directories on a product...
- Tags: Storage Consolidation, NAS, StorageTek, Home Directory, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Disaster Recovery, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2006-03-01
- Outlook 2002 File access denied in Word files as attachments
- A user with Outlook 2002 has been able to access documents from home directory previously. Last week, she began getting access denied. She has full access to the files on the home directory. She can access Excel files but not Word files. What is going on?
- Tags: e-mail, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook 2002, Microsoft Word, plano_gal@..., software, Word File, Word Files
- Discussion threads 2007-01-14
- Sun StorEdge 5210/5310 NAS Home Directory Consolidation
- Many organizations require centralized storage to provide home directories for users to store their data in a location that is easy to access, simple to manage and protect. Learn how the Sun StorEdgetm 5000 NAS Series enables storage and data consolidation while simplifying the task of providing home directories with...
- Tags: Sun StorEdge, NAS, Consolidation, Sun Microsystems Inc., Home Directory, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage Management, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2005-11-01
- Editing remote files securely with vim
- Vincent Danen demonstrates how to edit files remotely and securely using vim with SSH. Often, the life of a sysadmin consists of editing little configuration files here and there, and often on a remote system. Typically, a sysadmin will remotely log into the system, navigate to the...
- Tags: Vincent Danen, Linux, remote system, home directory, Linux Tips Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., File, Operating Systems, Software
- Technical articles 2006-01-23
- File transfers with SCP and SFTP
- If you need a more secure alternative to file transfers than FTP or RSYNC, Vincent Danen shows you two programs that use SSH. FTP is the de-facto standard for transferring files over the Internet. Although file transfers via HTTP and RSYNC are becoming more popular, these are ...
- Tags: SSH, FTP, SCP, SFTP, Vincent Danen, home directory, Linux Tips Newsletter
- Technical articles 2006-01-13
- Understanding Windows XP's environment variables
- Windows XP's environment variables control the behavior of batch files and programs, and also control the way Windows XP and the MS-DOS subsystem appears and works. Check out this list of environment variables, along with their descriptions. Environment variables are used to control the behavior of batch files...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Greg Shultz, Operating systems, processor, environment variable, home directory, operating system, Windows XP Tips Newsletter, Environment, Software
- Technical articles 2005-12-07
- My IT blog
- blog rootWindows XP's environment variablesUnderstanding Windows XP's environment variablesWindows XP's environment variables control the behavior of batch filesand programs, and also control the way Windows XP and the MS-DOSsubsystem appears and works. Check out this list of environmentvariables, along with their descriptions. ALLUSERSPROFILE: Lists the ...
- Tags: Operating systems, Understanding Windows XP, information technology, Valeri Makarov, environment variable, processor, Microsoft Windows, home directory, operating system, environment, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2005-12-08
- Linux newb locked out of /home/username
- When I log on to my Red Hat 9 box I get:"Please contact your system administrator to resolve the following problem:Could not open or create the file "/home/spenceca/.gconf-test-locking-file"; this indicates that there may be a problem with your configuration, as many programs will need to create files in your home...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Permission Denied
- Q&A 2006-07-19
- Drive Mapping keeps changing
- I have all of my users with the letter U: mapped to their home directory "\servernamehome%username% on the server using the profiles tab in active directory. One user sometimes gets mapped to the root of the home directory and not to his user. He can change the mapping manually each...
- Tags: home directory, joegrosskopf@..., windows, Drive Mapping
- Q&A 2006-06-26
- Home Directory mapping %username%$
- When making bulk changes to user accounts in USER MANAGER in NT, to map home directories. I made the following changes U: \192.168.7.200%username%$ the share does not map at login. However if I change the home directory path to U: \192.168.7.200joeblogs$ the share mapps fine. I believe there...
- Tags: home directory
- Q&A 2006-03-20
- Tech Tip: Chroot users to a specific directory with ProFTPD
- Learn how to chroot users to a specific directory with ProFTPD. One of the most popular FTP-serving packages currently in use on Linux systems is ProFTPD. This popularity is due to its extensible nature and easy Apache-like configuration syntax. While using ProFTPD is...
- Tags: Guest Contributor, Linux Tips Newsletter, Directory, FTP, User, ProFTPD, Home Directory
- Technical articles 2004-07-28
- how to save routing table
- I have a Linux Mandrake and hp-ux server. After adding or deleting routes in the routing table, I observed that the routing table is restored to its original contents each time server is rebooted. I have to add and delete again the routes. How to save routing table so...
- Tags: xnscisd@...
- Q&A 2005-08-11
