Hi Laurie, > our system. One group that we add them to is set up to restrict them to > their own home directory in ProFTPD (using the parameter 'DefaultRoot ~ > restricted' in proftpd.conf file). Another group we add them to allows > shared access to the files all of our users upload. Yet another group is > for our email account only clients to prevent FTP access (again, using > the proftpd.conf file's 'DenyGroup' parameter) We have an automated > customer account setup routine that creates the user, adds them to the > appropriate groups, along with several other functions, and the whole > thing is broken now because of this issue.
Why not try a MySQL backend to ProFTPD so access can be controlled via a database instead of system accounts? - "DefaultRoot ~" everyone by default but have a second virtual ProFTPD server for those users that aren't locked down by default. WHY anyone wouldn't be locked into their home directory is a mystery anyway. - Email only clients wouldn't be in the MySQL database and hence wouldn't get FTP access. - Shared access to files could be done with a symlink perhaps? - Automated scripts can be made to update the database very easily. -- Regards, +-----------------------------+---------------------------------+ | Peter Kiem .^. | E-Mail : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | Zordah IT /V\ | Mobile : +61 0414 724 766 | | IT Consultancy & /( )\ | WWW : www.zordah.net | | Internet Hosting ^^-^^ | ICQ : "Zordah" 866661 | +-----------------------------+---------------------------------+ My current spamtrap address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list