I been away from raqs for a long time, how do you edit the proftpd.conf file so that the defaul directory for siteadmins is / instead of users/whatever

i use to know this along time ago

Try the search button, among 20 other identical threads you'll find

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?threadid=25343&highlight=%2Fweb

goodluck !

There's also nice set of instructions on the UK2 Raq Faq site