change path of ftp user

bkcreddy17 · 05-22-2008, 12:40 AM

hi,
When we connect to ftp server, it drives to /var/ftp/
If we connect as user it drives to users's home directory.
Now i want to change the user's path to /var/www/. How can we do it?
Thankyou.

djsoundfx · 05-22-2008, 06:45 PM

It would help to have a little bit more information on what ftp daemon you're using as well as what system distro you're using.

I like pure-ftpd because its very simple for my users, when I setup a new account I just set their home directory to the path /opt/www/theirsite and then pure-ftpd inherits the rest. However it is possible with pure-ftpd, vsftpd, and others to define a ftp directory that is different from the users' home directories.

bkcreddy17 · 05-22-2008, 11:14 PM

My distro is RHEL5 and it is vsftpd. User should be in /home directory. When he logedin through ssh or telnet, he has to go to his home directory. But if he logsin as ftp he has to login to /var/www.

djsoundfx · 05-23-2008, 01:56 AM

Its been a little while since I've setup a vsftpd.conf file like I said I made the switch to pure-ftpd an never looked back, its more secure and way easier to setup. However I believe what you need to do is add a line to your vsftpd.conf that looks like this:

local_root=/home/$USER

or

local_root=/home/ftp/$USER

I'll setup vsftpd on a server tomorrow and test around with it, let me know if this fixes your problem.

If you wanna do more reading about vsftpd a good site is http://viki.brainsware.org/