Re: [users@httpd] Allowing users to edit web sites safely

2016-12-22 Thread David Copeland
On 22/12/16 10:08 AM, David Mehler wrote: > Hello, > > Thanks. I did mine a little different, but thanks to you I did get it. Glad it helped. > > One unrelated question, what's advantages/disadvantages are there > between Php 5.6 and Php 7? For me the main advantage is performance, about twice as

Re: [users@httpd] Allowing users to edit web sites safely

2016-12-22 Thread David Mehler
Hello, Thanks. I did mine a little different, but thanks to you I did get it. One unrelated question, what's advantages/disadvantages are there between Php 5.6 and Php 7? Thanks. Dave. On 12/22/16, David Copeland wrote: > Hi Dave, > > Sure. > > Say the server has

Re: [users@httpd] Allowing users to edit web sites safely

2016-12-22 Thread David Copeland
Hi Dave, Sure. Say the server has the name "server.domain1.com", and the user has an account on the server named "user". The server runs Linux (happens to be OpenSuse), Apache 2.4.23 and PHP7. The user can log into the server using ssh/scp. His site is served from "/home/user/public_html" and

Re: [users@httpd] Allowing users to edit web sites safely

2016-12-21 Thread David Mehler
Hello, Thanks. Could you elaborate more on your solution? How are the site urls formed? Is it domain.com or domain.com/~username? Thanks. Dave. On 12/21/16, David Copeland wrote: > Hi Dave, > > I do the same. The user has an account on the server. The vhost serves >

Re: [users@httpd] Allowing users to edit web sites safely

2016-12-21 Thread David Copeland
Hi Dave, I do the same. The user has an account on the server. The vhost serves the users site from his home public_html directory. I allow only ssh/scp access, no FTP server is set up, so he uses Filezilla to upload . Regards, Dave. On 20/12/16 05:43 PM, David Mehler wrote: > Hello, > > I've

Re: [users@httpd] Allowing users to edit web sites safely

2016-12-20 Thread David Mehler
Hello, Thanks. I'm thinking Pydio might be a little overkill for what I'm wanting to do. Any other suggestions welcome. Thanks. Dave. On 12/20/16, Dean E. Weimer wrote: > Have you considered using an http based file management utility? I use Pydio > to do just this on my

Re: [users@httpd] Allowing users to edit web sites safely

2016-12-20 Thread Dean E. Weimer
Have you considered using an http based file management utility? I use Pydio to do just this on my server. It has support for Edit the files online and it's fairly easy to configure and use. Thanks, Dean E. Weimer http://www.dweimer.net > On Dec 20, 2016, at 4:43 PM, David Mehler

[users@httpd] Allowing users to edit web sites safely

2016-12-20 Thread David Mehler
Hello, I've got a FreeBSD 10.3 server on which is running Apache 2.4. I've got two web sites that are relevant to this message and which both get backed up on an other daily basis. A user wants now to take control of both. I don't use a control panel so he'll have to make files then upload. I've