VS-ftpd problem for hosted virtual websites!

**honey bee** · 02-27-2006, 12:11 PM

Hello

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I have created ftp sites.Each of them is assigned a home directory.I have created these sitess like we create system users in vsftpd.

To access these sites by name i have declared them in "hosts" file with one ip-address.I am using vsftpd with xinetd.Now my problem is that when i access these sites with virtual user i land on one ftp directory.No matter from which site i login, i always land on the same home directory.

In /etc/xinetd.d i have creted separate files for each site, but when i ftp through site name only first file is read always no matter from which site name i login and then i land on the same home directory.

Can any of you help me with this? .I am usinng vsftpd version 1.2.1.

**girlygeek** · 02-27-2006, 01:43 PM

You need to add a "bind" statement to each of the file that specifies the IP address on which each instance of vsFTPd will listen.

Add this to each file:

Code:

bind virtual.host.ip.address

The "man xined.conf" command will give you a further list of options that could be helpful in future.

You can verify beforehand whenther the bind statements have worked by using the netstat command.

Code:

netstat -a | grep -i ftp

This should show a list of IP addresses on which FTP is listening.

**wildman** · 02-28-2006, 06:24 AM

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/e...ftpd-conf.html
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/e...PD-START-MULTI

**honey bee** · 02-28-2006, 07:48 AM

Hello

!

Thank u for your replies

,but the examples you gave me are for different ip address against each site.I want the solution for multiple sites against one single ip i.e. multiple sites hosted on one single common ip-address.For Example:

192.168.0.102 ftp_site1.com
192.168.0.102 ftp_site2.com
192.168.0.102 ftp_site3.com

**gr8rcake** · 02-28-2006, 08:37 AM

FTP requests refer only to the IP address, unlike HTTP which refers to a domain name. It can only be done by IP address.

If you want this because you are doing virtual hosting for multiple customers, it would be easier to have all the virtual hosts on the server resolve to the same IP address. Then make each customer have a unique login ID, that matches the domain name, with a default login directory that matches their apache virtual hosting directory.