RE: [cobalt-users] ftp how to? PROFTPD USER'S Guide link enclosed

["Glenn Parsons" <gparsons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Anthony Law
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 2:47 PM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [cobalt-users] ftp how to?
>
>
> Greetings. Does anyone know how to change a site admin's ftp directory to
> /home/sites/siteXXX/web instead of pointing to
> /home/sites/siteXXX/users/Xuser?
>
> I tried doing this in /etc/passwd and it had created a problem.
> Since doing
> that I was able to log on to /home/sites/siteXXX/web when I do
> ftp.siteXXX.com, but I also find that you could actually go up to
> different
> directory through ftp and eventally see all directory on the
> cobalt machine,
> although you would have read access only, but still I am not very
> comfortable in letting this happen.  Is this a bug?
>
> How do you guys setup ftp? Do you tell all your siteAdmin that you have to
> log on to /home/sites/siteXXX/usres/Xuser first and then
> back....back to the
> /home/sites/siteXXX/web to put all the web contents ?
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Anthony
>
>

Dear Anthony,

I don't know if this will help, but here goes:

http://pdd.sourceforge.net/userguide/linked/userguide.html

This is the Proftpd User's Guide.

Cheers,
Glenn