Allowing users access to their websites (Possibly OT?)

I have several users who have websites on my Apache 2.2.13/FreeBSD =
8.0-RELEASE server and I give them access to their files via webdav. =
This mostly has worked fine for years (Since FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE), but I =
occasionally have weird problems with webdav (especially with things =
like Drupal or WordPress installed), so I am looking for another =
solution.

I don't want to allow ftp access or any access to a shell on the =
machine, so what are my options. How are others doing this? (It seems =
that chroot jails and ftp are still the standard, or is that wrong)

My users are not sophisticated, and webdav is just about as complicated =
as they can manage. Anything with a shell prompt is going to be nothing =
but problems.

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Re: Allowing users access to their websites (Possibly

How about sftp without access to the shell? It's secure and most ftp
clients support the protocol.

On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 9:50 PM, LuKreme wrote:
> I have several users who have websites on my Apache 2.2.13/FreeBSD 8.0-RE=
LEASE server and I give them access to their files via webdav. This mostly =
has worked fine for years (Since FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE), but I occasionally h=
ave weird problems with webdav (especially with things like Drupal or WordP=
ress installed), so I am looking for another solution.
>
> I don't want to allow ftp access or any access to a shell on the machine,=
so what are my options. How are others doing this? (It seems that chroot j=
ails and ftp are still the standard, or is that wrong)
>
> My users are not sophisticated, and webdav is just about as complicated a=
s they can manage. Anything with a shell prompt is going to be nothing but =
problems.
>
> --
> ...I started playing Myst at 4:30 in the afternoon and looked up
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0suddenly and realized it was February.
>
>
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Re: Allowing users access to their websites (Possibly

I have experienced something similar with applications that ship
..htaccess files to override parameters for the web server and / or
PHP. These .htaccess files override the settings for your WebDAV
connections.

I ended up creating a virtual host for the WebDAV with a separate
domain name and turned allow override off.

On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 3:20 AM, LuKreme wrote:
> I have several users who have websites on my Apache 2.2.13/FreeBSD 8.0-RE=
LEASE server and I give them access to their files via webdav. This mostly =
has worked fine for years (Since FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE), but I occasionally h=
ave weird problems with webdav (especially with things like Drupal or WordP=
ress installed), so I am looking for another solution.
>
> I don't want to allow ftp access or any access to a shell on the machine,=
so what are my options. How are others doing this? (It seems that chroot j=
ails and ftp are still the standard, or is that wrong)
>
> My users are not sophisticated, and webdav is just about as complicated a=
s they can manage. Anything with a shell prompt is going to be nothing but =
problems.
>
> --
> ...I started playing Myst at 4:30 in the afternoon and looked up
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0suddenly and realized it was February.
>
>
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