Question about hidden files.
 

Im running Fedora Core 1 and my question is that when i logon thru the ftp
with WS_FTP i can see all the hidden files on the users directory instead of only the public_html and cgi-bin folder..why?

what ftp server are you using?
propably its a configuration failure or you log in with your real username and therefore get to your home/username dir

im using proftpd the latest

ok please post your proftpd config file

Here it is....just installed proftpd yesterday so i havent made any changed to it..thanks an advanced

# This is the ProFTPD configuration file
# $Id: proftpd.conf,v 1.6 2003/09/24 10:51:11 dude Exp $

ServerName "ProFTPD server"
ServerIdent on "FTP Server ready."
ServerAdmin root@localhost
ServerType standalone
#ServerType inetd
DefaultServer on
AccessGrantMsg "User %u logged in."
#DisplayConnect /etc/ftpissue
#DisplayLogin /etc/ftpmotd
#DisplayGoAway /etc/ftpgoaway
DeferWelcome off

# Use this to excude users from the chroot
DefaultRoot ~ !adm

# Use pam to authenticate by default
AuthPAMAuthoritative on

# Do not perform ident nor DNS lookups (hangs when the port is filtered)
IdentLookups off
UseReverseDNS off

# Port 21 is the standard FTP port.
Port 21

# Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new dirs and files
# from being group and world writable.
Umask 022

# Default to show dot files in directory listings
ListOptions "-a"

# See Configuration.html for these (here are the default values)
#MultilineRFC2228 off
#RootLogin off
#LoginPasswordPrompt on
#MaxLoginAttempts 3
#MaxClientsPerHost none
#AllowForeignAddress off # For FXP

# Allow to resume not only the downloads but the uploads too
AllowRetrieveRestart on
AllowStoreRestart on

# To prevent DoS attacks, set the maximum number of child processes
# to 30. If you need to allow more than 30 concurrent connections
# at once, simply increase this value. Note that this ONLY works
# in standalone mode, in inetd mode you should use an inetd server
# that allows you to limit maximum number of processes per service
# (such as xinetd)
MaxInstances 20

# Set the user and group that the server normally runs at.
User nobody
Group nobody

# This is where we want to put the pid file
ScoreboardFile /var/run/proftpd.score

# Normally, we want users to do a few things.
<Global>
AllowOverwrite yes
<Limit ALL SITE_CHMOD>
AllowAll
</Limit>
</Global>

# Define the log formats
LogFormat default "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %s %b"
LogFormat auth "%v [%P] %h %t \"%r\" %s"

# TLS
# Explained at http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/modules/mod_tls.html
#TLSEngine on
#TLSRequired on
#TLSRSACertificateFile /usr/share/ssl/certs/proftpd.pem
#TLSRSACertificateKeyFile /usr/share/ssl/certs/proftpd.pem
#TLSCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:!DES
#TLSOptions NoCertRequest
#TLSVerifyClient off
##TLSRenegotiate ctrl 3600 data 512000 required off timeout 300
#TLSLog /var/log/proftpd/tls.log

# A basic anonymous configuration, with an upload directory.
#<Anonymous ~ftp>
# User ftp
# Group ftp
# AccessGrantMsg "Anonymous login ok, restrictions apply."
#
# # We want clients to be able to login with "anonymous" as well as "ftp"
# UserAlias anonymous ftp
#
# # Limit the maximum number of anonymous logins
# MaxClients 10 "Sorry, max %m users -- try again later"
#
# # Put the user into /pub right after login
# #DefaultChdir /pub
#
# # We want 'welcome.msg' displayed at login, '.message' displayed in
# # each newly chdired directory and tell users to read README* files.
# DisplayLogin /welcome.msg
# DisplayFirstChdir .message
# DisplayReadme README*
#
# # Some more cosmetic and not vital stuff
# DirFakeUser on ftpadm
# DirFakeGroup on ftpadm
#
# # Limit WRITE everywhere in the anonymous chroot
# <Limit WRITE SITE_CHMOD>
# DenyAll
# </Limit>
#
# # An upload directory that allows storing files but not retrieving
# # or creating directories.
# <Directory uploads/*>
# AllowOverwrite no
# <Limit READ>
# DenyAll
# </Limit>
#
# <Limit STOR>
# AllowAll
# </Limit>
# </Directory>
#
# # Don't write anonymous accesses to the system wtmp file (good idea!)
# WtmpLog off
#
# # Logging for the anonymous transfers
# ExtendedLog /var/log/proftpd/access.log WRITE,READ default
# ExtendedLog /var/log/proftpd/auth.log AUTH auth
#
#</Anonymous>

That is because your ftp client is configured to show you the hidden files.
;)

okk...then how can i make proftpd to go to /home/user/public_html instead /home/user when i logon ?

Easy my friend, this is an proftpd.conf example:


##################begin############
ServerName "My server"
ServerType standalone
DeferWelcome off
ServerIdent off
MultilineRFC2228 on
DefaultServer on
ShowSymlinks on
AllowOverwrite on
DefaultRoot ~/
TimeoutNoTransfer 600
TimeoutStalled 600
TimeoutIdle 1200
DisplayLogin ftp.msg
DisplayFirstChdir .message
DenyFilter \*.*/
AccessDenyMsg "Tu username y password han sido incorrecto."
# Uncomment this if you are using NIS or LDAP to retrieve passwords:
#PersistentPasswd off
# Port 21 is the standard FTP port.
Port 21
# To prevent DoS attacks, set the maximum number of child processes
# to 30. If you need to allow more than 30 concurrent connections
# at once, simply increase this value. Note that this ONLY works
# in standalone mode, in inetd mode you should use an inetd server
# that allows you to limit maximum number of processes per service
# (such as xinetd)
MaxInstances 50
# Set the user and group that the server normally runs at
User root
Group root
# Normally, we want files to be overwriteable.
<Directory /*>
# Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new files and dirs
# (second parm) from being group and world writable.
Umask 022 022
AllowOverwrite on
</Directory>

########################end ###############

The line:

DefaultRoot ~/

It make the users go only to their home dirs.

Best Regards.

Im confused a little.. my line is a little different...

hihi havent configured proftpd ? thats bad :=) but i think its done now right? or are there still questions from your side?

I did this to jail the users on the /home/user/public_html
instead of /home/user


# Use this to excude users from the chroot

DefaultRoot ~ !adm <---i change this to

DefaultRoot ~/public_html !adm


Is this the correct way of doing this ?

FYI: Im running proftpd 1.2.9-4