File Permissions

[Mike Solis]

I'm pretty new to running my own server.  I've been using a hosting 
company for years and thought it's about time to learn.  I'm used to 
taking the ftp hostname, username and login they give and going for it.

Why is it a bad idea to ftp directly to your root folder.  I'm not 
doubting you, I just like to know why I do things.  I've never used 
chrooted ftp but I'll look into it.  I want to do things the right way. 
  Thanks for the tip on apache. I'll stick with the production version.

On Thursday, April 24, 2003, at 07:32 PM, <romero3000 at romero3000.com> 
wrote:

> Any particular reason you are running apache2???? Unless you are using 
> a
> feature not found on the production release of apache you should 
> probably
> stay away from apache2. Anyways, its not a particularly good idea to be
> ftp'ing directly to your root folder to begin with. try chrooted ftp. 
> its
> a little extra work but may be worth it in the end.
>
>> I'm using FreeBSD 4.7 as a web server running Apache2.  I'm trying to
>> ftp into my server root folder but keep getting told I don't have
>> permission.  I am included in group wheel so thought I would have the
>> correct permissions.  What am I missing?
>>
>> Mahalo,
>>
>> Mike
>>
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