Configuring FTP home directories

You can use the FTP Server Manager to manage the home directories of the anonymous FTP user in the primary domain, of anonymous FTP users in virtual domains, and of guest groups:

1. Select one of Anonymous FTP, FTP virtual domains, or Guest groups from the Home menu, then select the operation that you want to perform on their home directories:

   Install

   Set up the home directories, and populate them with the files needed for FTP operation. You can also control whether users are allowed to put files on the server in the ~ftp/pub/incoming directory using the Allow incoming transfers option. Deselect this if you want to allow read access only to the ~ftp/pub directory hierarchy. By default, incoming transfers are allowed.

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   NOTE: Even if you allow incoming transfers, users are not permitted to view the contents of the ~ftp/pub/incoming directory by default. If you want to permit this, change the permissions on the ~ftp/pub/incoming directory to 1777 using the chmod(1) command. The default permissions on this directory are 1733.

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   Modify

   Enable or disable incoming file transfers after the home directories have already been set up.

   Verify

   Check the sizes, permissions and ownerships of files in the home directories. Discrepancies are reported but not corrected.

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   NOTE: You may see warnings about possible discrepancies in the passwd and group files that have been copied to an FTP home area. This is intended to remind you to check these files for entries that could compromise your system's security.

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   Correct

   Check the sizes, permissions and ownerships of files in the home directories. Any discrepancies are automatically reported and corrected.

   Remove

   Remove the entire home directory hierarchy for the user.

2. Click on OK to accept the changes.