user permissions...

roofy · 05-09-2003, 12:03 PM

hey guys im usuing pureftp and im trying to add a user to upload files straight to the htdocs directory....i created a user and set his home dir to /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/ (where the webserver is) but when i log in thru ftp i see nothing...the only way i can do it is to log into the ftp as root and navigate to htdocs...someone help..thanks

Edward78 · 05-09-2003, 01:12 PM

Maybe you should only do that as root.

roofy · 05-09-2003, 02:36 PM

but how can i create a root-like account that would forward me right to that directory?

anil · 05-09-2003, 02:40 PM

may be u want to have a normal home directory and have a soft link to that directory. make sure the user has permissions to write to that directory.

Anil

roofy · 05-09-2003, 09:11 PM

eaxctly how to set permissions cuz when i log in with the web account to the ftp im in the right dir i just cant see anything

anil · 05-09-2003, 10:42 PM

if the files are owned by the root and you want the user to own it
use this command

chown -R user:usergroup /usr/local/apache2/htdocs

where `user` is userid and `usergroup` is the group user belongs to

then all the files under htdocs and subdirectories should be owned by the user and should be visible to the user

roofy · 05-09-2003, 10:43 PM

WOW YOU ROCK!