Yes, you can do that Of course you can, this is Linux, not windoze.......... ;-) you need to put an .htaccess file in your ftp /pub directory it will look something like this when you vi it: [root@blah blah] vi .htaccess AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/conf/.htpasswd AuthGroupFile /dev/null AuthName Big_Brother AuthType Basic require user don you have to replace the AuthUserFile with the correct path to the .htpasswd file replace the "require user" with the name of the user you want to allow to log in Hint: find the .htpasswd file that allows you to log into your machine add 1 or all the users from that file to the .htaccess file require user don require user jack require user dick there is a good how-to located in the httpd (apache web server) section at http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com On Tue, 4 May 2004, Jeff Vian wrote: > > > Bilal Dar wrote: > > >Dear all, > > > >I am using vsftpd, its working fine. I want to know one thing, currently if i use ftp://x.x.x.x i get the pub folder and to make user connect to his home dir i have to use ftp://user@xxxxxxx > > > >I was wondering can i do just that i put ftp://x.x.x.x in my browser and it asks for the username and password, after authentication user gets his home directory. > > > >Help will be really appreciated. > > > > > turn off anonymous ftp to stop getting the /pub folder. > In order to get a users home dir the system has to know who is > connectiing, thus a username is in some form necessary. > > >Thanks > > > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
