Topic: no admin config panel for FTP, APACHE, SAMBA ???

[wires]

there's no admin panel to configure services in about topic subject ??

[stephen noble]

SME configures functions not applications

broad control is provided by panels, admin manual
finer control for advanced users by command line access, developers guide

[wires]

then i found a bug, i cannot configure proftpd.conf, server-manager overwrites it...

[David Harper]

@wires - that's the way it's supposed to work. SME Server uses templates and a configuration database rather than forcing you to directly edit files. Check out the wiki for more information.

[wires]

where can i find the templates for the proftpd server ?

[Normando]

Please, see
http://wiki.contribs.org/DB_Variables_Configuration#Pro_FTP_.28proftpd.29

and read:
http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:Developers_Manual

What are you trying to do with proftp? May be already exist a contrib to do the same you want.

[Stefano]

then i found a bug, i cannot configure proftpd.conf, server-manager overwrites it...

where can i find the templates for the proftpd server ?

wires: before trying to run, you should learn to walk.. so, please read the documentation. you should not need to modify any template.
as a rule, try to expose your problem and not the solution you think you have found.

Thank you
Ciao
Stefano

[wires]

Please, see
http://wiki.contribs.org/DB_Variables_Configuration#Pro_FTP_.28proftpd.29

and read:
http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:Developers_Manual

What are you trying to do with proftp? May be already exist a contrib to do the same you want.

i dont want proftp to show all files (.hidden, and others) for exemple, a normal user can see all the users registered in the system and browse to the users, i want each user to be jailed inside their own ~/home directory and i dont want them to go up-level... only root/admin should be able to do browse all files in the system. also, there should be a place in system-manager where i can change the welcome message and server version. only admin should be able to see Ibays, and users should only be able to see their own home directory...yet we can create groups with different permissions.

[Normando]

For this reason I asked you.

Execute:

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yum  --enablerepo=smecontribs install smeserver-remoteuseraccess
signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot
If you want to learn about access ibays read:
http://wiki.contribs.org/FTP_Access_to_Ibays

[wires]

thank you, i was looking for something like that.

most of the core settings need to be changed thru shell.  APACHE/PHP/SAMBA settings etc.. At least for ProFTPd i was searching for something like smeserver-remoteuseraccess contrib which is nice, but i "think" it has a bug in it, i set my user to not be able to use sudo command but i still can.

[Normando]

Please, report bugs through bugzilla only, not here.

http://bugs.contribs.org/

[Normando]

most of the core settings need to be changed thru shell.  APACHE/PHP/SAMBA settings etc..

Can you read the manual? Please, do it before ask a question or think wrong about hot to use SME. SME has the main functions configurated through server-manager.
Can you read the manual? At the top you will found the link to the manual.

[Stefano]

most of the core settings need to be changed thru shell.  APACHE/PHP/SAMBA

wires:
this is not true
please, before all, explain what are you trying to achieve..

normally you shouldn't need to change anything via cli.

ciao
Stefano

[thomasch]

then i found a bug, i cannot configure proftpd.conf, server-manager overwrites it...

No, it is not a bug.
You are dealing with a really different linux animal here.
SME use templating system. It will rebuild (overwrites) the configurations files based on changes of the templates and configuration databases everytime it needed like post upgrading, rebooting, installing contribs, change setting variables, etc

Again, you have to learn how to config SME server. The fastest way to learn SME server is by installing contribs, searching answer from the forums and the wiki pages, and sometimes you need Google.

thomas

[wires]

thank you all for the replys, i guess i need some fixes or other stuff quick in hand and then start learning from there, i am the type of guy that reverse engineer everything, meaning i start from learning fast then slows down to learn the core stuff. i am not perfect or right but hey who's perfect but i dot like to learn, i have used gentoo and that's about it AND to cap on that i have no IDEA what linux flavor SME is running on lol, i guess it's redhat !!!! (because of yum ?)