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Jailing users

Overview

A jailed user is a user that logins into a FTP server and can only access files and folders within a designated location. Other folders on the server are isolated from this user and, therefore, inaccessible.

Jailing an existing user

  1. Login to the control panel
  2. Visit User > Manage Users.
  3. Select the user to jail, click the Edit action under the Actions column
  4. Under General Service Configuration, enable FTP and Advanced > Jail to home directory
    • This will jail a user to its home directory. Click Browse under Custom Home Directory to specify another location to jail
  5. Click Save Changes

Jailing a new user

  1. Login to the control panel
  2. Visit User > Add User.
  3. Under General Service Configuration, enable FTP and Advanced > Jail to home directory
    • This will jail a user to its home directory. Click Browse under Custom Home Directory to specify another location to jail
  4. Click Add User
A user configured for jailing

A user configured for jailing

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Updated on March 7, 2021

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