Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:22:13 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> To: Peasoup <info@peasoup.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ftpd virtual www hosts Message-ID: <991123400909142222q7c27578ct6d94bda2a3f6a1ad@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <57998B4D-84FF-450E-9DC7-70BE8D1681C8@peasoup.com> References: <57998B4D-84FF-450E-9DC7-70BE8D1681C8@peasoup.com>
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On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Peasoup <info@peasoup.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
If you have virtualhost A, with DocumentRoot
/usr/local/www/apache2/data/siteA/htdocs, then set the home directory for
the user who uploads to this path during user creation.
chroot them to this path as well.
--
Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
+254733744121/+254722743223
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