| So, I have a few users I want to add to my web server, but I have a
| question or two.
|
| So with apache installed, I am not sure where I should store all the web
| data, previously I was storing in /var/www.
|
| I wan't users to be able to upload their content easily without hassle.
|
| Problem 1. When a user connects thorough ftp, presently they have to
| change to the /var/www/users folder to upload data. This is a problem
| because not only will they have trouble changing directorys, a smart
| user can browse my entire server from ftp.
|
| Problem 2. When a user uploads a file, they have to change permissions
| on that file, problem is that a lot of users, will be using Dreamweaver,
| and Dreamweaver requires a Permissions extension to allow changing a
| permission, I don't want to have to explain to them how to use this.
|
| I came from a Micro$oft enviroment where all this mentioned above was
| done automaticly, is there any way to make this an automatic process to
| eliminate the users calling me all the time?
|
| Maybe I should be putting all the web site files in the users home
| directory, that would make the directory change easier, but I don't
| think it will solve the permissions problem. maybe there is a way to
| make the permissions in the users directory to default to 755 or
| something. I have been having trouble finding these answers, if there
| is a page I can read, then I will I just need to know where to look.
Greetings,
Let the users manage it themselves. Typically, (to avoid this very
problem), users put their content into a public_html directory, such as
/home/robinson/public_html. From there they can change the permissions
themselves or you can give then a umask. The files are available from the
web server at http://servername/~robinson. I have also done a symlink in
/usr/lib/cgi-bin to a /home/robinson/cgi-bin directory to let them do
cgi-bin work. Most of these setting are in the plain vanilla settings for
apache.
HTH,
Brooks