Constance Morris wrote: > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of m.roth@xxxxxxxxx > Constance Morris wrote: >> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of m.roth@xxxxxxxxx >> Constance Morris wrote: >>> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of m.roth@xxxxxxxxx >>> Constance Morris wrote: >> <snip> >>>> problem last week with having started these updates then stopped >>>> them mid-stream when some of our professors could not ssh to the >>>> webserver using Expression Web software via SFTP? <snip> >>> The weird thing is that two of them get the same login error message >>> and a third gets something different. >>> Here are the errors: >>> "FTP Error...Cannot open remote folder pac-2013/ Access Denied." >>> And the other login error: >>> "There is no site name "whatever the home directory location is for >>> the user". >> >> The latter tells me that this user does not have it configured, and I >> assume, possibly wrongly, that one of youse guys needs to go into >> wherever you manage users and set it up for him. It also leads me to >> suspect that the other two users are misconfigured. >> >> Yup. I just googled on Web Expression configure sftp, and found this >> link: >> <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc295154%28v=expression.30%29 >> .aspx> Someone needs to go there and check those three users' >> configurations. <snip> > Hmmm... I just googled Expression Web, and found the wikipedia entry, and > see that it's client-only, that there's no setup on the server side, which > is what I was thinking there was. Is this stuff installed on each user's > machine? If so, I think someone (you? the other guy?) needs to go over to > the three people, and go through their configuration of the tool. >> Going back to that site, I see "change publishing destination" instructions, and I more think that someone needs to go to sit with them. >> May I impose upon you one more time? >> My 2 predecessors left me two different commands in setting up new >> users and their directories on the server for expression web access. >> I'm going to list both and do you mind looking over them and giving me >> your opinion? >> I've used both to create test users and directories to try and resolve >> this login issue for expression web, but neither are working for me, >> so I'm either doing something wrong or missing something. >> >> 1.) useradd -d /var/www/html/faculty-staff -s >> /opt/openssh/libexec/sftp-server -g sftp -G www,faculty-staff username >> >> * Now, I know you or Robert mentioned last time that it should really >> be /usr/libexec/openssh/sftp-server instead of the >> /opt/openssh/libexec.... >> >> 2.) useradd -m -k /var/www/userSkel -G faculty-staff,www -g sftp -s >> /usr/libexec/openssh/sftp-server -d /var/www/html/faculty-staff/username >> And then the next command: cp -ir /var/www/userSkel/* >> /var/www/html/faculty-staff/username > > Constance, *do* read man useradd. That will show you that the latter, in > your case, is probably better, since *if* /var/www/userSkel is populated > correctly, this will set up your users' home directories with the > necessary configuration files, like .bash_profile, .bashrc, and presumably > the ~user/.ssh directory and contents. Note that it says clearly, in the > man page, for the -k flag, that it does everything that the cp does, and > better. > > Oh, and IIRC, you're new to Linux and/or sysadmin, so remember that you > can also man man.... (read the manpage for man) <g> > > Thanks Mark. > I did read over the useradd man page before writing you, but I wanted to > make sure I was understanding things correctly. However, I did not know > there was a manpage on man. :-) Yeah, when someone throws that at you - which is what always happens, and it's always sort of an in joke. > I will try the other suggestions you made and thanks again. > Have a great weekend! You, too. mark -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
