At 06:29 PM 2/14/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>Ben Ocean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> > At 07:23 AM 2/14/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> > >On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Ben Ocean wrote:
> > >
> > > > At 09:30 PM 2/13/2001 +0000, you wrote:
> > > > >Ben Ocean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi;
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 1. I'm trying to enable my clients to ftp into their sites. I
> > > thought it
> > > > > > would be as easy as chown-ing the web site at the doc root to the
> > > > > > appropriate owner (whose passwd exists in his email account) and
> > > ftp-ing
> > > > > > right into the box. Apparently not. What else do I need to do?
> > > > >
> > > > >Do the owners have homedirs on the system? If so, you could move
> > > their sites
> > > > >to their homedirs, and reconfigure the httpd.conf file to point
> > > > >there. That's
> > > > >pretty much what I do...that way, users with multiple sites can
> access
> > > them
> > > > >more easily.
> > > >
> > > > httpd.conf points to their own directories off the doc root. For
>example,
> > > > the doc root is
> > > > /apache/vhosts
> > > > then the client would be like this:
> > > > /apache/vhosts/myClient/
> > > > and would be accessed like this:
> > > > http://myClient.com/
> > >
> > >My point is that httpd.conf could also point to their own home
> > >directories, or a subdirectory, such as public_html.
> > >
> > >This way, the user would have full access to their directories and files.
> > >
> > >This is also how I set my web account users up...it also ensures that when
> > >their accounts are over and done, I can delete them and their sites in one
> > >fell swoop.
> >
> > Please help this novice understand how that's different from what I'm
> > doing. the httpd.conf points, in the above example, to
> > /apache/vhosts/myClient
> > for the account
> > myClient.com
> > Isn't this the same thing you're talking about? Also, how do I enable the
> > client to access his site via ftp? I've chown-ed the myClient folder to
> his
> > ownership, same name as his sendmail name: shouldn't it be accessible via
> > his sendmail password? What am I missing here (obviously something,
> because
> > this is what I've done)? Thank you for your help!
>
>Nope...subtly different.
>
>See, if a user has a home directory, that directory and nearly everything in
>it is owned by that userid..including the directory. I've never seen anyone
>have trouble uploading to their homedir, or a subdirectory thereof.
Oy! I'm confused as to the subtle diff. *myClient* appears to be what
you're calling their homedir. They ftp directly into myClient: that's their
homedir (if I understand you).
>As to ftp access to that directory (other than their homedir), the potential
>problem is that when you log into their account via ftp, they get dropped,
>first, to their home directory. If their homedir and the myClient are not
>the
>same, then they'll need to "cd" to that directory.
Nope, they're the same. No need to cd.
>The problem may be permissions on the /apache/vhosts directory (or the
>/apache
>dir)...if the directories above their "myClient" directory are not at least
>r-x for their user group or others, then they may not even be able to "cd" to
>their "myClient" directory.
>
>What are the file permissions on "/apache" and "/apache/vhosts"?
Don't think this applies, since they would be ftp-ing directly into their
directory. *apache* is owned by root, *vhosts* by webmaster, and neither
have any group affiliation.
BenO
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