Topic: FTP to a specific folder?

[spook]

How do I allow FTP access to a specific folder? I need to make it possible for users to upload files, and I just want them to login and upload, no changing folders and whatnot. Just log in, upload, log out.

[jfarschman]

Spook,

  I think you could do that with dungog-proftpd-chroot.  Take a look here and get the latest:

http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs//dungog/files/

  I've used it with great success.

[beakersloco]

I have used it with version 5.6 Does it work with no errors on  6.0.1 ?

[jfarschman]

I'll confirm 6.0.1 and 7.0Pre4

[stormdragon]

Hmm... doesn't seem to work now that I've updated to 7.0pre4 (I've also updated the Dungog CHROOT FTP Users panel). Only ONE user's settings seem to "stick", everyone else had become unrestricted!

[spook]

Sounds nice... now all I need is some guidelines for installing  

[cc_skavenger]

This rpm has also stopped working for me on an upgraded box.  Seems that there is something up with proftpd.  Will post more info when I have some.

[cc_skavenger]

ok, the issue has something to do with the e-smith-proftpd rpm.  The new version is e-smith-proftpd-1.11.0-28.  It seems to break something that keeps the chroot rpm from working.  If you roll back the rpm to e-smith-proftpd-1.11.0-26, it will work again.  I only suggest this if you REALLY need this to work.

[stephen noble]

http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=851

a template was introduced into e-smith-proftpd
which caused a conflict, so we removed the fragment from the contrib

but the fragment in e-smith-proftpd had an error in it and will be removed
so the current contrib will be broken again

we could add the fragment as a <shhh>custom-template</sssh>
until e-smith-proftpd is sorted out ?

[stormdragon]

When I noticed that users weren't being chrooted properly, I looked at _which_ users weren't responding. It turns out that only ONE gets chrooted anywhere I want to, but that's it. I can't chroot more than one.

Looking at /etc/proftpd.conf shows that, no matter how many users I chroot, the same one remains in the conf file.

Any other way to do this?

[stephen noble]

there is a workaround if you follow enough links from my last post
or
smeserver-remoteuseraccess-1.0-10.noarch.rpm replaces the fragment
the rpm is also at  http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=851
or http://sme.dungog.net/packages/smeserver/7.0/i386/html/index_dungog.html

[CharlieBrady]

When I noticed that users weren't being chrooted properly, I looked at _which_ users weren't responding. It turns out that only ONE gets chrooted anywhere I want to, but that's it. I can't chroot more than one.

Looking at /etc/proftpd.conf shows that, no matter how many users I chroot, the same one remains in the conf file.

You should report that as a bug in the contrib, in the Contribs section of the Bug Tracker.

[stephen noble]

I have a bug report on this contrib, linked in both previous posts

the actual bug was in e-smith-proftp and that has a seperate bug report

[spook]

Could we get this back on track?

I need to let a user upload to a specific folder. How do I do that? I have created a symlink from that users homedir to the folder in question, but it is not working via FTP... In the console, the symlink works like a charm  

[JonB]

Spook,

It has been answered. Download and install smeserver-remoteuseraccess from

http://sme.dungog.net/packages/smeserver/7.0/i386/html/index_dungog.html


Jon

[Smitro]

After searching and finding this post...

Do you know if it works for 6.5?

I presume my problem is similar. The Panel works, but when the user logs in, they just go to there own folder. not where they should go.