Configuring Sendmail and VSFTPD

Fri May 7 11:55:20 UTC 2004

First thing: I'm not sure if you allow attachments to be uploaded. Sorry if 
you don't allow it,

I decided to try Pete's suggestion and created the user "Pectabyte". I then 
did the changes to httpd.conf and restarted my linux box. I don't know whats 
going on, but yes httpd starts automatically when red hat 9 starts.

Attached is my httpd.conf file for Apache. Both websites are showing my 
website, which is the DocumentRoot. Can somebody tell me what to do in able 
to fix this problem?

Ben

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>From: Pete Nesbitt <pete at linux1.ca>
>Reply-To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list <redhat-list at redhat.com>
>To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list <redhat-list at redhat.com>
>Subject: Re: Configuring Sendmail and VSFTPD
>Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 19:50:29 -0700
>
>On May 6, 2004 06:20 pm, Pete Nesbitt wrote:
> > On May 6, 2004 05:58 pm, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:
> > > 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,
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Rodolfo J. Paiz
> > > rpaiz at simpaticus.com
> > > http://www.simpaticus.com
> >
> > Hi,
> > The idea of creating an html dir in the users home is good, but the 
>'new'
> > prefered method for apache, instead of configuring apache to use home 
>dirs
> > (there is a config stanza for doing that), you create a web space, in 
>this
> > case /var/www/html/PS, then make it owned by the user & group, sguid the
> > dir and make it world readable "chmod 2775 PS".
> > Next make a sym link 'ln -s /var/www/html/PS ~joe/www' (or change www to
> > whatever you like such as PS)
> > The idea is that first, the user does not need world readable dir's in 
>his
> > home, and also, the url does not have the ~username in it so it is 
>easier
> > and does not give away user id's which helps with security.
> >
> > --
> > Pete Nesbitt, rhce
>
>
>
>Rodolfo, I should have read your reply closer. I overlooked a few items. My
>solution with the sym link will allow an escape from the chroot (or will it
>break the link?). Also, i was thinking of the public_html based home 
>webspace
>solution.
>
>However, the virtualhost will require either a 2nd IP or else a 2nd DNS 
>entry.
>
>Another consideration may be to use the apache 'Alias' definition. You 
>could
>define an alias in apache config to make requests to domain.com/PS go to
>~joe/www. The 'Alias' function allows you to disable "Follow Sym Links" and
>define each one individually. This is kinda the opposite of my 'inbound' 
>sym
>link mentioned above.
>
>--
>Pete Nesbitt, rhce
>
>
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