Permissions Question

[Seth Dimbert]

OK - I know I'm missing something.

I got the Linux Box set up and know that I'm not supposed to use it as root.

So, I created a login for myself, then another with ownership of the web
directories.

But now the box is back with the other servers and I connect to it via
telnet and ftp. And now, since I want to install FrontPage Extensions, I
need to upload files to usr/local, which I can't do. Then, to run the
install script, I'll need to login as root, which I can't do via telnet.

What am I missing?

-SD