On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 07:08:44AM +0000, Mike wrote: > I am trying to configure proftpd on my woody box and having no success. > > I want to beable to log in with the account called "upload" an have all > premissions. > I want all files to be uploaded into the /var/www folder. I am very > confused. > I followed the documentation and had no luck. Can somebody lend me a hand? I try to.
> # Normally, we want files to be overwriteable. > <Directory /var/www/*> > <Limit WRITE> > AllowAll > </Limit> > <Limit DELE> > AllowAll > </Limit> > # Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new files and dirs > # (second parm) from being group and world writable. > Umask 022 022 > > AllowOverwrite on > </Directory> You've to add a user name "upload" and set his $HOME to "/var/www". To write to this directory the user "upload" needs file system write access to this dir. Proftpd is not able to supersede the permission set on the filesystem. HTH Sven -- COMBO GUANO WEIHNACHTSKONZERT Saal Norhausen, Leverkusen-Rheindorf 23.12.2004 - 19:00Uhr http://www.comboguano.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]