Re: Web site users, and ftp

2002-11-07 Thread Steve Waterman
I ended up creating symlinks to the user's home dirs that will be publishing web material. Then in httpd.conf, gave permissions to apache to use the symlink and it works quite well. Seems to work well for me . . . Permissions and all. On Tuesday 05 November 2002 15:26, Debian User wrote:

Re: Web site users, and ftp

2002-11-06 Thread Debian User
Ok, I think I might have been beating myself up. I only have (1) ip address but so far I have got about 5 different pages up, plus 5 different virtual mail domains up, so no problem there. I changed apache so that it would look at the /home/user*/web_data directory. I moved all web data to th

Re: Web site users, and ftp

2002-11-06 Thread Mailing List
On 11/6/02 1:52 PM, "Debian User" wrote: > Ok, I am having a hard time being new to linux and all. > > Basically I am looking for the Standard procedure for setting up an > apache server, and ftp for users on a debian box. > I see much more documentation needed in the Linux world if this is goi

Re: Web site users, and ftp

2002-11-06 Thread Stephen Ryan
On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 15:31, Debian User wrote: > Thanks for the help Mark. > > Ok, what I would like to is web/email hosting for friends and a few > clients. (so far email works fine with postfix) > > So, they need to have their own private domain name/web site/email per user. > > This means t

Re: Web site users, and ftp

2002-11-06 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Debian User said: > Ok, I am having a hard time being new to linux and all. Let's go slow then > Basically I am looking for the Standard procedure for setting up an > apache server, and ftp for users on a debian box. > > Someone first tells me not to use FTP, and

Re: Web site users, and ftp

2002-11-06 Thread Debian User
Thanks for the help Mark. Ok, what I would like to is web/email hosting for friends and a few clients. (so far email works fine with postfix) So, they need to have their own private domain name/web site/email per user. This means they need to have their own container.  (presently I store all

Re: Web site users, and ftp

2002-11-06 Thread Mark Ferlatte
begin Debian User quote on Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 11:52:29AM -0800: > Basically I am looking for the Standard procedure for setting up an > apache server, and ftp for users on a debian box. Well, there isn't really a standard procedure... > Someone first tells me not to use FTP, and use some wind

Re: Web site users, and ftp

2002-11-06 Thread Debian User
Ok, I am having a hard time being new to linux and all. Basically I am looking for the Standard procedure for setting up an apache server, and ftp for users on a debian box. Someone first tells me not to use FTP, and use some windows util that none of my clients will have. I am at a loss, is

RE: Web site users, and ftp

2002-11-05 Thread Brooks R. Robinson
| So, I have a few users I want to add to my web server, but I have a | question or two. | | So with apache installed, I am not sure where I should store all the web | data, previously I was storing in /var/www. | | I wan't users to be able to upload their content easily without hassle. | | Problem

Re: Web site users, and ftp

2002-11-05 Thread Mike Egglestone
> I wan't users to be able to upload their content easily without hassle. > > Problem 1. When a user connects thorough ftp, presently they have to > change to the /var/www/users folder to upload data. This is a problem > because not only will they have trouble changing directorys, a smart >