FTP and Apache Server

[huligan]

Pardon my newness, i am wondering if there is any way for me to setup FTP permissions on certain folders on my apache server, so i (or anyone i give username/password to) can edit websites from a remote location. Thanks loads in advance for any help with my issue!

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[gerald]

Is this on a unix/linux or win32 platform?

I cant really help you if its on Win32, but if its on unix/linux i might be able to.

Normally in *nix you can create a group such as 'ftpgroup' and add all users that you want to be able to modify the files, and then change the group ownership of the folders and files under that folder to this new group. Then make sure that the files have read and write permissions for the group that owns it.

Then you should be able to modify/replace those files and create new files in that directory by specifying the full path in the FTP program. Unless the FTP server uses a chroot to restrict that FTP user.

Otherwise, you will need to modify the FTP configuration file. The way to do this depends on which FTP server you are running.

If you tell me which FTP server is running on your system (i.e. wu-ftpd or proftpd ) I can tell you how to set it up correctly.

Regards,
Gerald

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[huligan]

Gerald, Thanks so much for your response!
I (unfortunately) am using the windows
version of Apache. I think i am going to
scrap it though and install redhat. I do
not know anything about linux so it should
be quite the undertaking! Any hints?
heh
Thanks again Gerald,

Gil [sig][/sig]

 

[mitchtech]

Apache is a web server and does not do FTP. For FTP I use War-FTP available at

http://www.jgaa.com

and I am plesaed with it.