Re: Configuring Sendmail and VSFTPD

From: Rodolfo J. Paiz (rpaiz_at_simpaticus.com)
Date: 05/07/04

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    At 17:53 5/6/2004, you wrote:
    >first off, wow fast response.=)

    Welcome to Linux. <grin>

    >I want to install cutecast. (http://www.artscore.net/cutecast/). I asked
    >the admin what SMTP server they use for sending email notifications,
    >activation and they said Sendmail.

    Sendmail is already configured to accept mail from its same machine
    (localhost) but not from the outside, so it's a reasonably secure
    configuration. If you do want to accept mail from the outside, please read
    my "Sendmail SMTP AUTH HOWTO" [1] and ask any questions either here or
    directly. Otherwise, no need to do anything.

    [1] http://www.simpaticus.com/linux

    >Basicly I want to give my friend FTP access to his webarea (runs apache2)
    >so that / in his FTP client would be '/var/www/html/PS' so that he can
    >upload his files and chmod.

    I would suggest that the best way is to make a user for your friend, say
    "joe". Then create a "www" directory in joe's home directory (/home/joe),
    and create a "virtualhost" in Apache that points to /home/joe/www. That way
    his website files are in his home directory, where they are easy for him to
    reach but difficult for others (except Apache). You may need to make sure
    /home/joe and /home/joe/www have 701 permissions, I'm not sure. vsftpd will
    automatically chroot the user to his home directory, I think. If not, it's
    easy to configure but I don't remember how off-hand.

    Note that this has the advantage that people usually remember to back up
    /home but usually not /var... makes your data safer and your users simpler
    to manage. If you wanted to try a completely different approach, however,
    you could try just creating a user "psforum" and changing that user's home
    directory to /var/www/html/PS. Same results, I think, just not as neat.

    Post again if you get stuck somewhere.

    Cheers, 

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Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz@simpaticus.com
http://www.simpaticus.com
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