I am using SuSE 9.2 pro with Samba to do local file serving inside my soho network. I have a specific mount/directory were I keep files. I would like to use vsftp to allow about 6 people read-only access to these files.

I am new to setting up FTP servers, but I have vsftp running, and I can access it both internally and externally.

Now, I want each person to have their own username. I would like this for logging purposes.

Once logged in, they should all see the exact same directory structure.

How do I go about setting that up? Do I create the users and set the home directories to be the same path?

Please advise. Thanks

If I'm reading the vsftpd manpage correctly, to limit access to specific users, you set userlist_deny to NO and then list the users you want to allow in the userlist_file file.

To get them all in the same directory, it looks like you need to set the local_root to a directory. Again, if I'm understanding the manpage correctly, local_root forces all non-anonymous users to that directory.

As long as you leave the write_enabled set to NO, users should only be able to download, not upload.

If you want the users to not have a home directory, you can create the users with adduser -M, which prevents a home directory from being created.

Thanks for the help. I got it solved. I added two lines to my /etc/vsftpd.conf

local_root=/myftpdir

I also didn't want them to navigate above that directory, and I accomplished that by:

chroot_local_user=YES

Thanks again for the help!

im new with installing ftp server, can you give me a detailed procedure =)
im using slackware.
thnks for your help =).

You're going to have to be more specific with your questions. If you did a full install, Slackware already has an FTP server ready to go, you just need to configure it to your tastes. For 10.1, Slackware switched to vsftpd, prior to that it used ProFTP.