Create FTP account for /var/www/html

[itwanabe]

Is this possible? I need some custom work on squirrelmail and obviously, I don't want to give root access to access the said folder. Any idea how to perform this if it is indeed possible? Thanks

[itwanabe]

So This Isn't possible I assume?

[smtalk]

It's possible :) Just create a new proFTPd user (e.g. webapps) with /var/www or /var/www/html as its docroot.

[itwanabe]

Do you mean under any domain in the DA user admin?

[itwanabe]

Anyone? Can someone show me how to create this new ftp user?

[iceuk626]

you can create a user via ssh using the useradd command and specify the directory you need.

[itwanabe]

I can add users via ssh but how do i create the ftp user for the user? Any how-to? Thanks

[nobaloney]

A user added with the adduser command will automatically have access to ftp.

Whether or not the user will have access to the /var/www/html directory will depend on the rights and ownership in that directory path.

Jeff