Talk:PureFTPd

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[ Added ny Munger ] Way to go! I thought I'd give this a go and it seemed to be going smoothly until I read the small print. This script sets the default directory for new users to / . That's right the ROOT directory, allowing a complete view of the entire system. It then only allows you to browse for existing directories. This does not permit pureftpd to do the right thing and create the directories for new users in /home. This is an extremely dangerous script.

[ WRa ] When you are creating new user you can specify right away his "homedir" so you don't need to be paranoid ;)

[Added by Gurpreet] I am not 100% sure about this, because I could've overlooked a minor config option or such but I wouldn't recommend pureftpd manager just yet. I've been using original version of this(ie. without pureftpd manager) and was managing users using mysql(or phpmyadmin), as originally shown in the forum. Pureftpd manager looks promising but is not quite there yet. My whole reason for using mysql to manage pureftpd is to create virtual users readily, in which case there is no directory for the new user yet. The manager only allows you to select a home directory(default of / isn't a good choice either), it doesn't give you a choice of creating a new one or even specifying a custom path, because as long the path is specified, pureftpd with -j flag will auto create the directory. My only other choices were; either create a directory on the system first, or after creating the user etc., use phpmyadmin to edit the path. Therefore for now, I've just reverted back to my original configuration, because it gives me more control.