Re: [cobalt-users] changing the default directory

[Ted Behling <TBehling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:48 PM 9/8/01, Rik Thomas wrote:
> You definitely don't want to touch the httpd.conf file.  All you need to do
> is be VERY VERY did I say VERY careful and edit the /etc/passwd file.  First
> I would make a copy of it.  Then change the section that says:
>
> george:x:130:100:George Bush:/home/sites/site4/users/george:/bin/bash
> and change it to:
> george:x:130:100:George Bush:/home/sites/site4/web:/bin/bash
>
> That's it, no reboots or anything.  Just log back in and go from there.  You
> can even change the useradd defaults, so it will do this by default.  But I
> do not recommend doing this on a cobalt.

Er, wait just a second there.  I strongly advise against defining the 
user's home directory as the Web root.  Sensitive files like .bash_history 
get written there, which would be publicly accessible over the Web.  I 
don't have the original message in this thread, but if you want the user's 
directory to change when shelling in, put a cd command in the user's 
.profile file in his home directory.  If you need his default to change 
when FTPing, this can probably be done in the ProFTPd config file.  If 
you're really set on changing his home directory, at least set it to 
/home/sites/site4, without the /web.

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