Topic: allowing users to ftp to primary web site

[Philip]

I am trying to figure out a good way to allow my users to ftp to their own area of the web site run out of /primary/html/.

I've tried linking to their ~user/html from /primary/html/ directory and added FollowSymLlinks to that directory in httpd.conf - no dice

I've tried linking the other way - from the user's home directory to the /primary/html but no dice since proftp won't follow the symbolilc link

I tried using an ibay but that was a misreable failure "access denied" by the browser.

In all three cases above I've tried numerous iterations of file permissions with no luck.

I really am frustrated - this should be easy - any suggestions?

[Terry Brummell]

I think you may be looking for something like this.....

http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=4732.msg16496#msg16496

[Jon Blakely]

or try something like this

Mini How to for creating user web space

You want to allow your users to have public web space accessable by
http://www.your_domain/~user_name

Download http://khunjarnet.com/downloads/user-web-space/e-smith-user-webspace-0.1-3.noarch.rpm
(watch the line wrap)

# rpm -ivh e-smith-user-webspace-0.1-3.noarch.rpm

answer yes to the question

# mkdir /etc/e-smith/skel/user/home/public_html

# pico /etc/e-smith/events/actions/user-create-unix

find the line that says

chmod 0700, "/home/e-smith/files/users/$userName";

and change to

chmod 0755, "/home/e-smith/files/users/$userName";

^x to exit and save

You can put a default index.html in /etc/e-smith/skel/user/home/public_html
that will appear in the users webspace when the user is created

Note: this will only create user webspace for new users. Existing users
will need to be created by hand.

Jon