Re: Need advise about FTP

[Haim Ashkenazi <haim@babysnakes.org>]

On Saturday 14 June 2003 20:16, Sven Hoexter wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 04:52:02PM +0300, Haim Ashkenazi wrote:
> > HI
> >
> > I need to setup an FTP server that accepts virtual domains, and in
> > addition, every domain should have a "master" account and some "users"
> > accounts. the "master" account should be able to delete and upload files
> > for all the "users" accounts.
>
> What do you want with ftp and vhosts? IMO it's completly useless.
> Take a look at proftpd it's well documented. www.proftpd.org
> It's capable of using Vhosts but you need a uniq IP for every Vhost.
>
> > although this will be an isolated computer in the DMZ, I don't want to
> > give shell to anyone and I prefer that these accounts wouldn't be systems
> > accounts. (can I use something like "zope" for this?).
>
> What? Just give them /bin/true or /bin/false as shell.
I thought of that but since it could grow to quite a few virtual domains with 
a few users on each domain, I think it's easier to stay on top of things with 
some database of users instead of just going through '/etc/passwd' (e.g. 
vpopmail has passwd file for every virtual domain...).

thanx
-- 
Haim