Virtual Hosts

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# 3.11. Virtual Hosts

The Virtual Hosts Panel

The following items can be specified for each address:

Root directory

  What the logged-in user sees as the filesystem root (`/`).

Banner

  A file whose contents will be displayed to the user upon connection. The file location is relative to the root set above.

Logfile

  Transfers will be logged to this file.

Passwd file

  An alternate password file can be specified. Otherwise the system password file will be used.

Shadow file

  An alternate shadow password file can be specified. Otherwise the system shadow password file will be used.

Hostname

  The hostname displayed upon login and inserted as %L in message files.

Administrative email

  The email address to be inserted as %E in message files.

Anonymous logins can be allowed or denied.

Real users can be allowed or denied access to the virtual server. Specific user can also be allowed or denied access.

In the screeenshot, the virtual host 211.22.55.114 has a filsystem rooted at `/home/ftp/virtual` on the real system. It uses separate password and shadow password files in `/home/ftp`, displays the hostname ganesh and the admin address "root" and allows anonymous logins and logins from all real users.

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