does this apply to ProFTPD as well, or should I switch to PureFTP? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lyvim Xaphir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ExpertMandrake-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 7:03 PM Subject: Re: [expert] ftpd question
> On Sun, 2002-06-30 at 18:33, logic7 wrote: > > I've just set up my ftp server with real logins only. What I would like to > > have is whenever someone logs in, they don't see their home directory. > > Instead, I want all users to share a common directory. I cannot seem to find > > info on this anywhere, anyone know how this is done? > > > > > From the PureFTP "README.Virtual-Users" file: > > > ------------------------ VIRTUAL USERS ------------------------ > > > Since release 0.99.2, Pure-FTPd supports virtual users. > > Virtual users is a simple mechanism to store a list of users, with their > password, name, uid, directory, etc. It's just like /etc/passwd. But > it's not /etc/passwd. It's a different file, only for FTP. > > It means that you can easily create FTP-only accounts without messing > your system accounts. > > Additionnaly, virtual users files can store individual quotas, ratios, > bandwidth, etc. System accounts can't do this. > > Thousands of virtual users can share the same system user, as long as > they all are chrooted, and they have their own home directory. > > So a good thing to do before using virtual users is to create a system > user for this. Of course, you can use any existing account like "nobody" > (but not root), but it's better to have a dedicated account. > > Let's create an "ftpgroup" group and an "ftpuser" user. > > Linux/OpenBSD : > > groupadd ftpgroup > useradd -g ftpgroup -d /dev/null -s /etc ftpuser > > Then, all maintenance of virtual users can be made with the "pure-pw" > command. You can also edit the files by hand if you want. > > Files storing virtual users have one line per user. These lines have the > following syntax : > > <account>:<password>:<uid>:<gid>:<gecos>:<home directory>:<upload > bandwidth>:<download bandwidth>:<upload ratio>:<download ratio>:<max > number of connections>:<files quota>:<size quota>:<authorized local > IPs>:<refused local IPs>:<authorized client IPs>:<refused client > IPs>:<time restrictions> > > Fields can be left empty (exceptions: account, password, uid, gid, home > directory) . > > Passwords are compatible with the hashing function used in /etc/passwd > or /etc/master.passwd . They are crypto hashed with blowfish, md5, > multiple-des and simple des, in this order, according to what your > system has support fort. > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > RTFM on Pureftp and you got it licked. > > > HTH, LX > > > > > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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