How to make the specified directory as FTP home directory {linux}

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Published on 2009-12-22T00:33:54Z Indexed on 2010/04/09 1:03 UTC
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I have a directory called /backups where all backups are stored for all users with dated folder

Now i want to make one FTP user so that when it connect via ftp then he should go straight into that folder to download those backups

In my whm/cpanel i have pure pure-ftpd installed.

I don't want to make a account for that user like i have website for each user but something by which that user cna download those files

Any ideas

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