Re: [cobalt-users] They want FTP access

[Kris Dahl <krislists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 4/19/00 8:24 PM, Daniel Pumphrey at dpumphre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Debbie,
> 
> I think you misunderstood me on this point:
> 
> <-- snip -->
> I imagine that we will probably use this sort of scenerio, but
>> again we will only be in the position of hosting provider and not
> developer.
>> 
>> I can't see how you could deny FTP (telnet yes but not FTP) to a client
> who
>> is doing his own development.. how else would they upload the site unless
> a
>> web based interface is supplied?? (which are damn slow and annoying IMHO)
> <-- snip -->
> 
> We will be allowing ftp, but in a chroot'd environment.  For example, your
> username is debbie and your home directory is /home/users/debbie - when you
> ftp the root dir / is mapped to /home/users/debbie and you can not move
> above the directory level of the file system, but can still move throughout
> the dirs below.  We will also allow uploads via http and front page
> extensions and will cater to web page developers like yourself as our
> primary customer.  I believe the Raqs use the RedHat distro of linux and
> probably uses wu-ftpd.  I know wu-ftpd supports this function, but not sure
> if it is enabled by default.