<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i, too, would like to become rhce, as soon as time and $ allow.
>
> ok its probably very easy for you guys...
>
> how do you create a new ftp user from the command line?
>
> i looked all over rh, some other forums, and only found 1 useful post, but it was in the GUI which is fine since im developing on my box, but when i have remote access in the future i need to know how to do this.
>
> i tried
> # useradd -d /var/www/html -p [MYPASSWORD] [USERNAME]
>
> this creates a user ok, but no ftp access.
>
What FTP program are you using? The above line will create a user for
the operating system, but since ftp is simply a program/daemon that
runs on top of the OS, you are going to need to use either a command
specific for the ftp program or edit the config script for the ftp
app.
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