Re: [cobalt-users] WARNING: Cobalt FTP directory work-around

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

WayneB6094@xxxxxxx wrote:

> >  It's quite simple: when you delete a user, the Cobalt GUI deletes
> >  any files and directory associated with it, ie: the /web inserted
> >  with the work-around.
> >
> >  I can honestly say I was as shocked to hear about this from the
> >  Cobalt tech support manager as I'm sure you are. But believe me,
> >  this is on the level. I tried it out and sure enough, it toasts
> >  the entire /web folder. In fact, you can't even re-login, and you
> >  get a "file not found" page.
> 
> Sorry, but this is simply not possible.  This would only happen if you
> changed the ownership of the /web directory to the name of the user in
> question, and that's NOT what I'm talking about doing.

If you change the /etc/passwd file to show a particular directory as the
user's directory, then the directory will be deleted when the user is
deleted.  The program that deletes the directory is running as root; it
doesn't look at or care about directory ownership.

Jeff
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