Change document root ftp from / to web - how?

[tom]

I would like to change the document root for the ftp clients from "/" to "/web".

In /proftpd.conf I find this entry:

DefaultRoot ~

Is it possibly to change it to "/web" so that the client can't change and see the .spamassassin, maildir etc. directory?

tom

[falko]

You can try
DefaultRoot ~/web
Restart Proftpd afterwards.

[tom]

You can try
DefaultRoot ~/web
Restart Proftpd afterwards.

I've already tried to do that but it didn't work.

tom

[till]

Have you asked the guys at the proftpd mailing list, if such a DefaultRoot string is supported?

[tom]

Have you asked the guys at the proftpd mailing list, if such a DefaultRoot string is supported?

No, but I will do it :-)

tom

[falko]

According to this it should be supported: http://chronos.cs.msu.su/proftpd/Configuration.html#DefaultRoot

Did you restart proftpd?

[tom]

According to this it should be supported: http://chronos.cs.msu.su/proftpd/Configuration.html#DefaultRoot

Did you restart proftpd?

sure, I did

tom

[falko]

And what exactly happens when you use DefaultRoot ~/web? Any error messages?

[rykoala]

Wouldn't you just change their home directory in /etc/passwd? That's what I've done in the past on my other servers, but I'm brand new to ISPConfig so maybe it wouldn't like that. I don't see why it wouldn't work though.

[falko]

Don't do it! It wil break dependencies, for example your users' procmail recipes won't work anymore!

[Stanev]

It must be:

DefaultRoot "~/web"

not
DefaultRoot ~/web

[tom]

It must be:

DefaultRoot "~/web"

not
DefaultRoot ~/web
Great, it's working now :-)

tom