setting up accounts and partitions for FTP

dkc_ace · 01-06-2003, 03:38 PM

could anyone pls tell me if it is possible in Proftp to setup accouts that have a home dir on a diffrent partition and instructions if it is possible. thanks ahead of time.

trickykid · 01-06-2003, 03:59 PM

Sure.

adduser bob
bob's home directory is created /home/bob and resides on /dev/hda4

adduser ftp
ftp's home directory is /export/data and resides on /dev/hda8

You can specify any home directory you want for any user, usually when you create the user or mkdir before you create the user.

dkc_ace · 01-06-2003, 04:14 PM

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so i just basicly add accounts on the system.

trickykid · 01-06-2003, 04:21 PM

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Originally posted by dkc_ace
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so i just basicly add accounts on the system.

Yeah and just assign thier home dir's accordingly. by default with proftpd anyone with a user account will have ftp access but if you can always change and limit that as well.

dkc_ace · 01-06-2003, 04:42 PM

so could i restric certian accts to only FTP. how would i set the home dir for the anoyomous acct. thanks again.

trickykid · 01-06-2003, 04:48 PM

Yeah, just make their default shell as maybe /bin/false in the /etc/passwd file. Also add the shell name of /bin/false to the file /etc/shells.

Usually by default if you setup anonymous ftp it has a dir already setup or created: /home/ftp
You can change this with the proftpd.conf configuration file or I actually made a link from that to another directory I setup for mine.
Just comment of remove the user ftp in the /etc/ftpusers file.

dkc_ace · 01-06-2003, 05:58 PM

thanks

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dkc_ace · 01-10-2003, 10:33 AM

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