FTP guest access chroot not working

From: Hillel (hseltzer_at_larich.com)
Date: 03/22/05

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    Hello Everyone,

    I am trying to setup a user to have limited FTP access on a
    OpenServer 5.0.6a system.

    I added the "guestuser <username>" line to /etc/ftpaccess
    and set the home directory for that user in /etc/passwd to
    /ftp/./<startdir> as instructed in the ftpd and ftpaccess man pages.
    The /ftp directory is setup for anonymous FTP access.

    When logging into ftp as this user, the ftp prompt starts
    out in the correct starting directory, but I can still go back
    to the root directory of the server. Using a graphical FTP
    client I can see the entire directory tree as if there never
    was a chroot call.

    Is there something else required to get the chroot call to work?

    Thanks.
    ---Hillel

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