Re: [cobalt-users] FTP help

["Gerald Waugh" <gerald@xxxxxxxxx>]

> > > > > make is so that this user can only see it's home directory when it
> > > > > in. Currently, by default I mean, I can see everything.
> >
> > I don't see how the user can see everything, there is already a chroot
> > mechanism in place.
> > unless the user is also site-adm or admin.
> > It does seem as though a user can see the complete virtual site though.
> > This may require a new or better DefaultRoot declaration, think about
it.
> >
> OK, I did some more testing, and the user is by default chrooted to his
home
> directory.
> /home/sites/sitex/users/user
> He can't get out of his home directory.
> Be sure you ftp in as the USER.
>
This is the line if /etc/proftpd.conf that charoots the user to his
directory.
DefaultRoot                     ~ !site-adm
Note: if the user is also the site-adm then he can go up to the VitualSite
root directory.

Gerald