[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Using virtual users for website maintenance

[Jay Urish]

I solved this problem with Pure-FTPD. It really rocks. Used DO NOT need 
a shell acct and the passwords are encrypted. You can specify the 
group/owner of all uploaded files too.

It runs as nobody/nogroup or whatever you want if you specify it at 
compile time.


Mark Matthews wrote:
> I wish I had seen this post earlier, I would have replied.  I do this
> exact thing with proftpd and it works well.    Every requirement is
> you ask for is met.  I use a text file for virtual user auth that I
> keep in /etc but you can even use mysql or ldap for user data.
> Let me know if you are still interested, I'll send you my sample config.
> 
> In the mean time, I might as well run a vsftp question by you since I
> am stuck with it for a project and there is a chance you might have
> run into the same issue.   I set a real user up for ftp only and want
> to give him a shell of /bin/nologin   (which is an allowed shell)   
> For some reason the user can only auth if he has a real shell such as
> /bin/bash    It's annoying and I would like to fix it.  This user does
> not need ssh access but I don't think I should have to go through the
> trouble of creating virtual ftp users.
> -Mark
> 
> 
> 
> ===============
> I have googled my brains out... Is there a howto floating around that
> can lead me to a good solution for setting up virtual user accounts to
> up/download web content?
> 
> Here are the requirements.
> 
> 1. Be a virtual user
> 2. All uploaded files belong to apache.apache (so the webserver has
> full access to them
> 3. All web content is under /home/html/something.com or
> /home/html/foo.net (you get the idea)
> 4. It would be cool if upon authenticating, the user could just be
> dropped into thier content directory.
> 5. Oh yea, each login should have its own directory.
> 
> any pointers would be appreciated!
> 
> -Jay
> W5GM
> 
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> Jay Urish- W5GM Systems Engineer for Unixwolf Enterprises LLC.
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