Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 19:53:22 +0000 From: TrouBle <trouble@netquick.net> To: Aaron Sonntag <aaron@sonntag.org> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: user accounts, permissions, ftp, mail Message-ID: <384036B1.8771925@netquick.net> References: <NDBBIMDNELEBLKLCAJPKKEFCCLAA.aaron@sonntag.org>
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BOY, have i developed just what your looking for... a complete turn-key virtual hosting system based on freebsd, that has a web interface that your customers can use to manage their accounts and their virtual domains under them also.... : )) and it is SECURE!! very secure!!! Aaron Sonntag wrote: > I know I am not the first person to ponder the best way to set up user > accounts. I am doing virtual hosting for several domains and have a variety > of usability I would like to provide to remote users. So my concerns really > lie in security mixed with functionality and the ability to limit bandwidth > usage. > > Email accounts with POP access and the ability to telnet in and change > password... no more than that > Ftp accounts with the ablity to ftp in to upload files to a website and > ability to change password... no more than that > I am sure I will run across more unique situations which will require more > fooling around... > The point is that I know there are nifty ways to play with password files so > that users have a very limited password shell or just an ftp shell etc etc > etc. > > Anybody have any URL's they can point me to where practices like this are > reviewed? > Along the same lines are questions I have about what is the difference > between a 'client' and a 'guest' and a 'user'. > What does it mean to put a bunch of 'guest's in a single 'group' vs each > having their own group. > I want to run a secure server... or rather I would like to be able to > pretend that my server is safe ;-) > > Any recommendations on a good ftp server that would allow me to limit > bandwidth usage for downloads? > I am sharing a fast backbone and don't have the right to swamp it when a few > cable users get download happy. > IE: bandwidth per instance and total bandwidth for all instances. > > I have also glanced at the httpd.conf file on a Cobalt server an noticed > some very very complicated VirtualHost entries that defined permissions down > to a fine point... any thoughts? > > Please assume that I have made regular use of the following resources: > Deja.com > Altavista.com > Freebsd.org > Apache.org > The FreeBSD book we all own ;-) > Various orielly books on sendmail and unix and security and dns and other > such things. > > Thank you, > > Aaron > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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