Different web & user directories

[tgansert]

I would like to keep users in /home and web stuff in /var/www, how can I go about this?

As of right now, I simply ln -s /home /var/www/web1/users, but this will not do in the long run.

Thanks for your help =]

- Tim G

[falko]

Should these users be able to upload stuff to the web folder with FTP?

[tgansert]

They should. But they will not use ISPConfig interface for it.. THey will use a third party FTP app (if it makes a difference).

[falko]

You must change the DefaultRoot directive in /etc/proftpd.conf.
You might also have to change permissions/ownerships in /var/www.

[tgansert]

Hmm. We're getting closer, but not on the same page just yet ;)

When a new mail user is created in ISPConfig interface, by default, it wants to create the new user in the same directory as the www. The www, by default is /home/www, but I changed that during the install to /var/www. This had the compounding effect of placing user directories there as well.

I wish to keep the www directory as /var/www, but new users' directories should be created in /home.

Right now, it is creating them in /var/www/web1/users (which is symlinked to /home as a temporary measure).

[falko]

Ahh, you're talking about ISPConfig. You should have mentioned that right in the beginning.
There's no way to change this behaviour unless you change the ISPConfig sources, but this will cause a lot of permission and dependency problems.