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hotice007
05-17-2002, 01:03 AM
can someone please tell how to create FTP accounts manually and to bind it to a certain directory? Thanks.

choon
05-19-2002, 01:01 PM
Hi,

Err... at least we have to know at least what type of FTP you are using.

Thanks.

Regards,
Choon

Originally posted by hotice007
can someone please tell how to create FTP accounts manually and to bind it to a certain directory? Thanks.

hotice007
05-19-2002, 03:15 PM
i'm using ProFTP server, but I would install another if it doesn't do the job.

choon
05-19-2002, 11:39 PM
Hi,

Just depends on your needs and method of auth...

I use proftpd also... you can create another unix/linux user using:
adduser -g yourapachegroup -d /path/to/whatever/subdirectory/you/like/this/user/to/be/in -s /bin/false newuserusername

The above is one way which using /etc/passwd for auth. user...

Hope this helps!

Kindest regards,
Choon

Originally posted by hotice007
i'm using ProFTP server, but I would install another if it doesn't do the job.

mikomi
05-21-2002, 01:52 AM
Would that unix file linking thing be of any help?

http://www.scism.sbu.ac.uk/law/UnixStuff/ln.html