WebHost is being a pain

[PAEricksen]

I am trying to move my website to a web host instead of my server (dsl) and I ordered the service from sterlet.net The service seems really good but the support is lacking. They are using Red Hat linux.

The question/problem I am having is that I have several people who update my website for me. sterlet will allow me to set up ftp accounts for users but they have their OWN ftp directory and cannot access my public_html directory. I created a symbolic link to /home/website/public_html in each of their ftp folders but when they try to access the link they get a 404 error page (basically they are not allowed to view the directory). Is there a way that I can give these users access to the public_html directory without giving them my account password because there are many things I don't want them to have access to and changing my password is only the first. I don't have admin rights on sterlets system or at least not super user rights. What can I do to give these users access to my public_html directory so they can update my site? I have asked sterlet three different ways and they just say it can't be done.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Peter.

[redeye]

Originally posted by PAEricksen:
<STRONG>What can I do to give these users access to my public_html directory so they can update my site? I have asked sterlet three different ways and they just say it can't be done.
Peter.</STRONG>

if you want the other users to update HTML docs, then I think they're going to need your password - if you don't want to give them that (and I sure wouldn't), then you need a work around.

The only way I can think of at the moment would possibly be some kind of CGI/PHP?etc script that would accept changes to the page(s) and rewrite the HTML docs. I have seen some these around but never played with them.

[moznose]

This guy has a script as described above. I don't use it (I use the search engine...which is very well done.) You can test a test setup on the site:
http://www.xav.com/

[jscott]

edit /etc/groups and chmod the files to reflect who you want to be able to modify the docs/dirs

[PAEricksen]

Originally posted by jscott:
<STRONG>edit /etc/groups and chmod the files to reflect who you want to be able to modify the docs/dirs</STRONG>


How do I accomplish this if I am not su or there is no /etc/groups that I am aware of?

[PAEricksen]

ok, I found /etc and there is a file named group but there is no directory or file named groups or Groups or GROUPS that I saw. When I looked in the file it just listed a bunch of names and then I saw mine towards the bottom.

myname:x:123:myname

is how all of the entries looked, 123 being a three digit number and myname being my name of course.

If I am not su how can I chmod the file/directory to allow others to access it? I own the directory (I think).

Thanks for all your help guys.