web management question

[Mike Egglestone]

Hi...   I need some advice on how to manage my web server.... I work for a school and would like to setup web pages for students....   I have apache installed and proftpd   How would I manage the server so that students could have write access to their web folder... for example   jimmy would have this folder as his home page: /var/www/students/jimmy   /var/www/students/jimmy/homepage.html     would be his first page   Anyway.... if his normal home directory is here: /home/jimmy   How do I give him access to write to his web directory via ftp or some remote way? If jimmy was on the lan......then I could easily setup a samba share to students... and he would have write access only to his folder there....but what if he's outside the lan.... at home......and wants to update his pages.....?   I was thinking I could change his regular home directory (/home/jimmy to /var/www/students/jimmy) via /etc/passwd.... but is that a good idea?      Thanks for your time Mike