RE: [cobalt-users] Site limit with Linux/ProFtp

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:54 AM 12/21/99  Dan wrote:
> It has been strange. I have sites I set up originally as admin and now get
> an error that I can't upload to that site when logged in as admin. But not
> for all files.

Not sure I know what you mean as to setting up sites as admin.  Do you mean 
you never set up a user, but just went ahead and created the site using 
your admin password?

Then, after that, do you go in under telnet and change user rights?

> I haven't checked the ownership of the files, but I'm sure
> that's probably it.

"Sure" and "probably" in the same sentence <smile>.  So we're hedging our 
bets, are we <grin>?  That's okay, though; I like the idea <smile, again>!

> On one site I have been able to upload some existing
> changed .html files, but not new files unless logged in as a site admin
> user.

Yes, it does sound like a rights issue.

> So, I just make individual users for each site I maintain. dan1, dan2,
> etc all using the same password keeps it easy. As long as I remember the
> site#, I'm all set.

I've always done this.  I set it as a default "catchall" for email.  We use 
a numeric series, too.  Starting with a machine representation, and 
expanded to eight characters.  For example, the machine representation for 
the RaQ I just got is "c1" (it's the first machine I've got at colocation 
"c" [my third colocation point]), so the eighth site I set up on the box 
will have a user with a "Real Name" of "Catchall" and a username/login of 
"c1000008".  Yes, I use the same password for all of them, but it is NOT 
the same as my admin or root passwords for the box.