proftpd and users
 

I installed proftpd and it seems to be working fine. I had several questions about users and their privileges in proftpd.

1. Can I give a user access to a drive I mounted as /storage? How do I do that? It seems like the default is to create a new directory for the new user within /home and only allow ftp access to that directory.

2. Is there a way to edit users once they have been created?

3. Can I give a single user access to two different directories that are one level off of root without having to open up root access?

Thanks.

Daniel.

try vipw
 

With vipw you can alter the home directory in the /etc/passwd file

Don't forget to move the users home directory also with mv /home/user /storage/user

Good luck

I tried to use vipw from bash and it wouldn't let me edit the file. I could view the file, but it would do nothing when I try to change lines. How do I use this editor? Thanks.

You have to use these commands as root. (hint "su -")

If you are not familiar with the vi editor try the command vimtutor first, it will take a few hours to learn the beginnings.....