hi,


i want to protect my apache directory ( foo ) in the following way:
the root of the directory is to be accessable by the site administrator, the apache user, and adminguy

one of the subdirectorys ( bar ) is to be accessable by adminguy and the apache user only

and if its possible: within the subdirectory, bar, there is to be another directory ( pod ) witch is to be accessable by the apache user, site administrator, and adminguy

but if that is not possible could i create the pod directory in the root of the site and create one of these links to it within the bar directory? ( so for example /pod would link to /bar/pod )

any ideas?

If you read this about basic authentication you'll figure it out, keyphrase is "require valid-user".

no thats not what i want

that setting is for apache its self

i know how

to do it for that

what i am after is how to do it on the file system because the ftp server is running and the said users are allowed to login to it

... next time post as much info on software, configs and what you tried but didn't work and make the question clear and understandable for your audience.

This question clearly wasn't.

Read your ftpd's docs on ACL's or user restrictions, then post that part here (if it doesn't work) with the info I mentioned above.