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  1. tony84

    proftpd DefaultRoot ~ does not work

    Hi now it works i modified the wrong file Anthony
  2. tony84

    proftpd DefaultRoot ~ does not work

    Hi, i read in the previous post how to limit user accessibilty something like that about jailing a person into their home directory but i can't. I use my ip to access to the server so i don't have any virtual host so i put DefaultRoot ~ on the top of proftpd.con line (not on the very top) and...
  3. tony84

    virtual host explanation

    Hi, i would like to understand what virtual host mean exactly, at apache they say : virtual host is the ability to maintain one or more server on the same machine. Does it mean that it has the ability to have many servers with different IP. or does it mean many website address(www.tony84.com...
  4. tony84

    proftpd doesn't let me login

    Hi, what is the difference between /etc/bash and /etc/ftponly My password was not encrypted in /etc/shadow , so you could see what my real password was. so i did like you told me [xx@XX]# adduser tony84 -g group -d /home/web/ -s /etc/ftponly [xx@xx]chown tony84 /home/web/ [xx@xx]passwd tony84...
  5. tony84

    proftpd doesn't let me login

    Hi, it finally worked, my passwords was Not encrypted, thanx for all the help you gave me ChrisP and the others. Anthony
  6. tony84

    proftpd doesn't let me login

    Hi, i still get an error curious huh?.. and i made the following change. Anthony
  7. tony84

    proftpd doesn't let me login

    Hi, now i did the following [xx@xx]# adduser anthony -g nobody -d /home/web/anthony -p password [xx@xx]# chown anthony.nobody /home/web/anthony [xx@xx]# usermod /home/web/anthony anthony ######the password is encrypqted then after i do [xx@xx]#ftp '00.00.00.00' <--this is my ip(not real)...
  8. tony84

    proftpd doesn't let me login

    Hi, the folder are created, i don't know how to encrypt the password and i realised that i lost ftpaccess by uninstalling wuftp any help for password encryption is appreciated And should i use ftpaccess? Anthony
  9. tony84

    proftpd doesn't let me login

    Hi, again i posted a thread with long talks, now here is what i did: there is a group called ftp, nobody on my computer so i added a user like this shellconsole> adduser tony84 -g ftp -d /home/web -p pass -s /etc/ftponly then i press enter no errors. then i added a new user shellconsole>...
  10. tony84

    new to ftp need advice

    Hi, Thanx you again Now i'd like to focus on adding a user Konsol is indeed the shell. so i did adduser or useradd (samething): so i do shell> adduser <username> -g <group> -p <password> more detailed. shell> adduser tony84 -g nobody -p mypass what about the home directory i don't how to put...
  11. tony84

    new to ftp need advice

    Hi, but i try to find out how to use adduser to add a new user to /etc/passwd but i couldn't find anything about it. Also, how can i connect to my ftp with the konsole? also what you suggest is my &quot;server&quot; to be logged in under nobody not as root? correct? Regards, Anthony
  12. tony84

    new to ftp need advice

    Hi, here is my reall problem. I'm under root, and i want to use proftpd under root which is a Group . Also i do not have a domain name i run under my own IP for the moment. so, how can i make people access to their own folder? like username : tony84 password : blabla Goes to folder...
  13. tony84

    new to ftp need advice

    Hi, I have a new question, what i want to do is to have people to have their own folder, with own username and password to login into their folder. And How do i create a group? and how can i set up the a user account with <username><password><their own folder>? Anthony
  14. tony84

    new to ftp need advice

    Hi, but i'm not the polic :-) Anyways, thanx i will try tomorrow and if i problems i'll put a nwe post anthony
  15. tony84

    new to ftp need advice

    Hi, what i meant, is like in web host when you have a website and login in your website you just go into your folder and can Not go anywhere else. Regards, Anthony
  16. tony84

    new to ftp need advice

    Hi, i have the same path, i have another question. What should i do with guest user that is what i'm interested in. and my new question is , if i want to make ftp account automated, like i create a perl script to add a new user as guest, should i always update proftpd.conf? Anthony
  17. tony84

    new to ftp need advice

    Hi, i have linux for few month about 7, and i want to start personal webhost, just learning how web host do. I have install apache working fine, installed Mysql working fine etc.. Now i'm on FTP not working so fine: anyways i read in the threads before that the new wu-ftp is ProFTPD, so i...

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