create "user" and set home directory of that user "/var/www/html" and upload file. --- Tom Westheimer <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks so much that was the problem and I can now > login ! I was away > hence the slow response .. > I hope you don't mind another question .. > > when I try to upload the index.html page to the > directory below I get > the following error. > where do I give permissions to real users to upload? > > ! Upload failed on 64.179.20.24 > (/var/www/html/index.html). (upload not > allowed) > > TIA > > wintoe wrote: > > >The problem may be "guestuser *". > >If you make guestuser *, then no one can login with > user/password. All user > >are assumed as guest and can access ftp home > directory only. > > > > > >Win Toe > >Penguin Millennium > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Tom Westheimer <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >To: <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 7:18 AM > >Subject: FTP access with RH 7.2 > > > > > > > > > >>This is probably a simple question for most > experienced Linux users but > >>I have been trying to get FTP going for my new > server for several weeks > >>with no joy. I can telnet to the server, I have > enabled FTP in the > >>wu-ftpd file and restarted xinetd. I can open FTP > from the telnet > >>command line but I cannot login to FTP from an FTP > client program as > >>root or any other user name. I just want to FTP > some files to the WWW > >>area for a simple website. > >> > >>Here is the ftp log > >>~ Connected to westheimers.net, waiting for > response... > >>< 220 westheimers.net FTP server (Version > wu-2.6.2-11.72.1) ready. > >> > USER tom > >>< 331 Password required for tom. > >> > PASS ***** > >>< 530 Login incorrect. > >>! Invalid username or password for > westheimers.net > >>~ Could not login to westheimers.net > >> > >>The user name and password is correct > >> > >>my ftpaccess file is as follows: > >># This file controls the behavior of the wu-ftpd > >># ftp server. > >># > >># If you're looking for a graphical frontend to > >># editing it, try kwuftpd from the kdeadmin > >># package. > >> > >># Don't allow system accounts to log in over ftp > >>deny-uid %-99 %65534- > >>deny-gid %-99 %65534- > >>allow-uid ftp > >>allow-gid ftp > >>allow-uid tom > >> > >># Chroot all users to their home directory by > default > >># (comment this out if you don't want to chroot > most of your users) > >>guestuser * > >># If you wish to allow user1 and user2 to access > other > >># directories, use the line below: > >># realuser user1,user2 > >> > >> > >># The ftpchroot group doesn't exist by default, > this > >># entry is just supplied as an example. > >># To chroot a user, modify the line below or > create > >># the ftpchroot group and add the user to it. > >># > >># You will need to setup the required applications > >># and libraries in the root directory (set using > >># guest-root). > >># > >># Look at the anonftp package for the files you'll > need. > >>guestgroup ftpchroot > >> > >># User classes... > >>class all real,guest,anonymous * > >> > >># Set this to your email address > >>email root@localhost > >> > >># Allow 5 mistyped passwords > >>loginfails 5 > >> > >># Notify the users of README files at login and > when > >># changing to a different directory > >>readme README* login > >>readme README* cwd=* > >> > >># Messages displayed to the user > >>message /welcome.msg login > >>message .message cwd=* > >> > >># Allow on-the-fly compression and tarring > >>compress yes all > >>tar yes all > >> > >># Prevent anonymous users (and partially guest > users) > >># from executing dangerous commands > >>chmod no guest,anonymous > >>delete no anonymous > >>overwrite no anonymous > >>rename no anonymous > >> > >># Turn on logging to /var/log/xferlog > >>log transfers anonymous,guest,real > inbound,outbound > >> > >># If /etc/shutmsg exists, don't allow logins > >># see ftpshut man page > >>shutdown /etc/shutmsg > >> > >># Ask users to use their email address as > anonymous > >># password > >>passwd-check rfc822 warn > >> > >>Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! The > more I learn about > >>Linux the more impressed I get! > >>TIA > >> > >>-- > >>Tom Westheimer > >> > >><a href="http://spamarrest.com/affl?102505";><img > >> > >> > >src="http://spamarrest.com/img/affiliate/ads/emailbanner1.gif?102505"; > >height="31" width="435" border="0"></a> > > > > > >> > >>-- > >>redhat-list mailing list > >>unsubscribe > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > >>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > Tom Westheimer > > <a href="http://spamarrest.com/affl?102505";><img > src="http://spamarrest.com/img/affiliate/ads/emailbanner1.gif?102505"; > height="31" width="435" border="0"></a> > > ===== -- ________________ Imtiaz Ahmed Khan Sr. System Consultant ANTS Consultiing Org: ANTS Consulting URL: http://ants.com.pk/ Eml: sendtoimtiaz@xxxxxxxxx Mob: +92300-2128278 ___________________________________ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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