Permissions Question

[Seth Dimbert]

I appreciate everyone's input regarding security... the server in question
is only accessible through our LAN and nobody even really knows it's there.
So I'm not worried.

Unrelated question: When I ftp in to the server, I use a user I created
called Webmaster. He has ownership and rights to all the appropriate
directories (/var/www). But, when I ftp in, I end up in /home/webmaster and
have to climb up and over to the right directory.

Plus, when I try to use a webcam client to auto-upload pictures of our call
center, it's unable to ftp into the appropriate directories.

How to I set the ftp daemon to understand that I want the files put into
/var/www/html and not /home/webmaster?

-SD

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net
[mailto:owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of JD Runyan
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 10:22 AM
To: KCLUG (E-mail)
Subject: Re: Permissions Question

login in as you

then "su -"

You are now root
On Mar 21 09:22, Seth Dimbert wrote:
> 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
>
>
>

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JD Runyan
Mid-Range Systems Administrator
USDA NITC Kansas City