[BlueOnyx:27310] Re: 5210R/5211R: FTP File Manager integrated

[Michael Stauber]

Hi Meaulnes,

> that's a cool feature!
 >
 > I do enjoy it, especially the ability to preview pictures and also
 > PDFs! You can even size, rotate and edit bitmaps — very cool!

Glad you like it!

> A question I have, tho: how can a user access his files in /web over 
> http? On the old BlueQuartz, it was http://www.domainname.tld/~username/ 
> but that feature was discontinued, AFAIK, one could have its own webpage 
> in the «user defined web» (I think that was the name)

A regular Vsite user can still use FTP to access his own user directory. 
Provided the Vsite has "Allow User(s) access to FTP" enabled (under 
"Services" / "Server Access") of that Vsite.

However: Web access via http(s)://<vsite>/~<username>/ to the "web" 
directory inside the users home directory? That is no longer possible 
these days.

We had to deprecate that feature when we introduced Chrooted Jails for 
FTP/SFTP/SCP/Rsync.

It was a permission issue. In order to access that users /web directory 
Apache of course needed access to it. And that meant setting the user 
home directory permissions so low that Chrooted Jails weren't possible.

-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber