FTP client default directory

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March 25th, 2013, 03:33 PM

Juc1

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FTP client default directory

Hi all,

Sorry for a dumbass question....

Using SSH, my Debian user mary has read and write permissions for the directory /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs but in the Filezilla client (in Windows 7) she is stuck inside /home/mary and can't get outside this directory. In Filezilla site manager / advanced I tried putting /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs as the remote default folder but it seems to make no difference. I tried in Cyberduck but got the same result.

Can anyone please tell me how I can allow this user to get into other directories such as /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs in Filezilla?

Thanks...

March 25th, 2013, 04:30 PM

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You need to find out which FTP server is installed on Debian (proftpd, pureftp, vsftpd, etc...) and configure a new share for Mary for the DIRECTORY that you want her to have access to in its config.

March 25th, 2013, 06:12 PM

Juc1

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DonR

You need to find out which FTP server is installed on Debian (proftpd, pureftp, vsftpd, etc...) and configure a new share for Mary for the DIRECTORY that you want her to have access to in its config.

OK thanks - so I think I need to edit proftpd.conf - I am trying to work it out from here http://www.proftpd.org/docs/howto/ConfigFile.html or any suggestions please

Code:

$ proftpd -v
ProFTPD Version 1.3.2e


$ cat /etc/proftpd.conf
#
# To have more informations about Proftpd configuration
# look at : http://www.proftpd.org/
#

# This is a basic ProFTPD configuration file (rename it to
# 'proftpd.conf' for actual use.  It establishes a single server
# and a single anonymous login.  It assumes that you have a user/group
# "nobody" and "ftp" for normal operation and anon.

ServerName                      "ProFTPD"
#ServerType                     standalone
ServerType                      inetd
DefaultServer                   on
<Global>
DefaultRoot     ~               psacln
AllowOverwrite          on
</Global>
DefaultTransferMode     binary
UseFtpUsers                     on

TimesGMT                        off
SetEnv TZ :/etc/localtime
# Port 21 is the standard FTP port.
Port                            21
# Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new dirs and files
# from being group and world writable.
Umask                           022

# To prevent DoS attacks, set the maximum number of child processes
# to 30.  If you need to allow more than 30 concurrent connections
# at once, simply increase this value.  Note that this ONLY works
# in standalone mode, in inetd mode you should use an inetd server
# that allows you to limit maximum number of processes per service
# (such as xinetd)
MaxInstances                    30

#Following part of this config file were generate by PSA automatically
#Any changes in this part will be overwritten by next manipulation
#with Anonymous FTP feature in PSA control panel.

#Include directive should point to place where FTP Virtual Hosts configurations
#preserved

ScoreboardFile /var/run/proftpd_scoreboard

# Primary log file mest be outside of system logrotate province

TransferLog /opt/psa/var/log/xferlog

#Change default group for new files and directories in vhosts dir to psacln

<Directory /var/www/vhosts>
        GroupOwner      psacln
</Directory>

# Enable PAM authentication
AuthPAM on
AuthPAMConfig proftpd

IdentLookups off
UseReverseDNS off

AuthGroupFile   /etc/group

Include /etc/proftpd.include
$

March 25th, 2013, 11:00 PM

DonR

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If you don't really care where any of your FTP users are going, and want them to have access to any DIRECTORY on your Dbian install, then, just comment out the "DefaultRoot" line...like this.

Code:

<Global>
#DefaultRoot     ~               psacln
AllowOverwrite          on
</Global>

Another way to go about it [if the above isn't exactly what you're after] is to add Mary to the www-data group [or whatever group ApacheWebServer is running on], using commandline

Code:

usermod -a -G www-data mary

and then, above the existing DefaultRoot line in proftpd.conf change your existing DefaultRoot like so.

Code:

<Global>
DefaultRoot    /var/www     www-data
DefaultRoot     ~               psacln
AllowOverwrite          on
</Global>

Then, since Mary will be a member of www-data, Mary should be taken directly to /var/www when logged into Proftpd server.
[I think that's all correct.]

March 26th, 2013, 06:22 PM

Juc1

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DonR

Then, since Mary will be a member of www-data, Mary should be taken directly to /var/www when logged into Proftpd server.
[I think that's all correct.]

Yes that works thank you

FTP client default directory

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