Re: [cobalt-users] changing default ftp login folders

[HeIlMaster@xxxxxxx]

As some one earler said you can do this

login as root. look inside /etc/passwd. You'll see:
   test:x:144:100:TestUser:/home/sites/site23/users/test:/bin/bash

change it to:
   test:x:144:100:TestUser:/home/sites/site23/web:/bin/bash

This will allow people to log into the correct directory when then FTP in, 
and also open a huge security hole as now any siteadmin can view the files 
from any site hosted on the raq. (or at least thats what happened when i did 
this.)

To fix that you need to alter the proftpd.conf file.
in the area that looks like this

ServerName          "ProFTPD"
ServerType          inetd
DeferWelcome            off
DefaultServer           on
DefaultRoot         / admin
DefaultRoot         ~/.. site-adm
DefaultRoot         ~ !site-adm


change the following
DefaultRoot         ~/../.. site-adm
to
DefaultRoot         ~/.. site-adm

This worked for me, but im not sure about its effects with telnet or other 
services.

Thanks
Danni
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