Re: Web site users, and ftp
I ended up creating symlinks to the user's home dirs that will be publishing
web material. Then in httpd.conf, gave permissions to apache to use the
symlink and it works quite well. Seems to work well for me . . .
Permissions and all.
On Tuesday 05 November 2002 15:26, Debian User wrote:
> 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.
>
> Thanks for any info.
>
> Debuser
> Debian Woody 3.0
> Proftpd
> Apache
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