Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:10:35 -0400 From: Peasoup <info@peasoup.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: ftpd virtual www hosts Message-ID: <57998B4D-84FF-450E-9DC7-70BE8D1681C8@peasoup.com>
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Hi Im new to the list, hope I have the right one, but if not, please let me know. And forgive me if I don't speak clear unix. I am trying to set up a webserver, with virtual hosting accounts. Naturally, I want to be able to give users the ability to upload files to their web directories. Setting up basic ftp is not an issue for me. I can set up a user at / usr/home/<user>, and can upload via ftp just fine. Of course that directory is owned by user:user. I also get ftpchroot just fine. Next I go to vipw to change the user's home dir to something in the www area, which is owned by www:www. This is where my problems start with being denied. I am assuming that uploading to the unprivileged user www is getting in my way. I have tried to play with groups, ownership and permissions, etc, but I am not getting very far. I thought I'd see a boatload of information on Google about this. Any help is much appreciated, something that will give a user enough rights to upload his site, while at the same time keeping the webserver running as unprivileged as possible. I am new to freebsd. I was using wu on solaris prior to this... will the freebsd ftpd do what I want? Thank you Matt
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