From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 16 10:56:40 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77F4D16A4CE for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 10:56:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from mg3.xecu.net (mg3.xecu.net [216.127.136.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6094943D2F for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 10:56:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from andy@xecu.net) Received: by mg3.xecu.net (Postfix, from userid 1003) id 4158C3DAB08; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 13:56:39 -0500 (EST) Received: from thunder.xecu.net (thunder.xecu.net [216.127.136.208]) by mg3.xecu.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDFFA3DAE88; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 13:56:38 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 13:56:36 -0500 (EST) From: Andy Dills To: Lewis Thompson In-Reply-To: <20040216181759.GA64843@lewiz.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Apache and home directories (file browser). X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 18:56:40 -0000 On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, Lewis Thompson wrote: > Hi, > > I was recommended to ask here for information on running Apache in a way > that regular system users can access their home directories. > > I think this is quite a straightforward question -- I'd like to allow > user fred to log in over HTTPS and have access to upload, delete, > rename, etc. all of the files he has permission to access (or possibly > restricted to just his home directory -- sort of a chroot). > > Is this possible using Apache (or maybe some other application)? And > more importantly can it be done in a secure fashion? Hmm...unless I'm overlooking something, what would be the problem with using ftpd? Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---