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From: Daxbert <daxbert_news@dweebsoft.com>
To: David Banning <david@skytracker.ca>
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Subject: Re: proftpd config question
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Quoting David Banning <david@skytracker.ca>:

> > > I have proftpd running successfully on my site. The problem is that I
> > > don't want the initial login to take my to my -home- directory.
> > >
> > > I would like the opening directory to be my webpage directory.
> > > I scanned the man page and the proftpd.conf file but did not see any
> > > reference for this.
> > >
> >
> > The following should work...
> >
> > DefaultChdir ~/public_html
> 
> I tried your exact line, but it does not work for me. I also tried the
> absolute
> DefaultChdir /usr/local/www/data
> 
> I did try
> DefaultRoot /usr/local/www/data
> 
> which does work.  Now it gets more complicated because I would have most
> users go to their own directories, but when I log in, I want to go to the
> web folder.
> Is that possible?
> 

I guess I should have been more specific.

DefaultChdir ~/public_html

means, after any user has authenticated, change their directory to the
sub-directory "public_html" located in their home directory.

You're probably looking for this...

DefaultChdir /usr/local/www/data   your_group_name_here

this means, after a user in group your_group_name_here has authenticated, change
the working directory to /usr/local/www/data.  Just make sure the group
specified is one you belong to, but none of the other users.

for more info on proftpd directives:

http://proftpd.linux.co.uk/docs/directives/linked/by-name.html


--daxbert



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