Hi Voytek, I have used the process you describe with now problem several times, so don�t worry about using it.
You can also use the vipw command instead of editing the files directly. This will avoid passwd/shadow inconsistencies. Cheers... Enrique Vila.- -----Mensaje original----- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] En nombre de Voytek Eymont Enviado el: Monday, July 28, 2003 12:55 PM Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: [SLUG] editing passwd: alters home dir location ? or If I edit /etc/passwd from user.org.au:x:517:517:user.org.au:/home/user.org.au:/bin/false to user.org.au:x:517:517:user.org.au:/home/user.org.au/www:/bin/false am I altering the users' root ? or, the location where ftp will log him to ? what I'm trying to do is: I have web users, all they need, is to ftp (or, scp) files to their web server root, they do not need or have shell/telnet/ssh access. I now have: /home/user1.com.au (owned by root) /home/user1.com.au/www (owned by user1.com.au) ftp login takes user to /home/user1.com.au will I cause any probs editing /etc/passwd so ftp login will take user to /home/user1.com.au/www directly ? (hmmm, now that I typed it up, I'm not sure anymore if I should do that, anyhow) (and, thanks to all for the help so far) Voytek Eymont -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
