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virtual file system allows you to take your existing file structure
(like c:\, e:\, h:\, plus subdirectories, etc) and customize its appearance
to the users of your ftp. It's akin to mapping and links, but transparent.
Configuring your VFS
Inside
the RaidenFTPD GUI, choose VIRTUAL FILE SYSTEM from the SETUP menu.
The first
step is to browse for your root directory (or simply type the path into
the PHYSICAL PATH box. Once this is done, you must enter the mount point
in the VIRTUAL PATH box (/ for the root mount point). Set the appropriate
access control properties for the directory and click ADD. Repeat for
each directory you want your users to see (as appropriate). Give special
attention to the Read/Write/Execute permissions! Save and exit when
you are finished.
Modifying
your VFS
RaidenFTPD
saves the virtual file system as a *.vfs, and may be edited with a text
editor or the GUI editor.
The general
format of an entry in the VFS file follows:
physicalpath|virtualpath|owner|group|permission_mode|recursive|quotamb|speedlim|ulspeed|dlspeed|dupecheck|nostat|nositewho|freedl
Where:
| physicalpath:
can be a drive letter (ex. c:), a directory name (ex. c:\temp),
or a shared directory on a networked machine (UNC) (ex. \\ANTHLON800\HDD01). |
virtualpath:
the full virtual pathname (ex. /, /tmp, /mount/cdrom0, /mount/cdrom1),
and MUST have the preceding / as shown in the examples. Paths
such as "tmp" or "mount/cdrom1" are not valid
virtual pathnames. Please be aware that the virtual pathname must
correspond to an empty directory inside the VFS root mount point.
If your VFS maps c:\temp to / (which is known as the root directory),
and you wish to mount D:\temp to /tmp, you will need to create
the empty directory "tmp" under c:\temp (in other words,
c:\temp\tmp must exist) |
| owner:
a string value less than 32 characters in length. It does not
necessarily need to be a valid/existing user (ex. root), and may
be a variable in certain situations. |
group:
a string value less than 32 characters in length. It does not
necessarily beed to be a valid/existing group (ex. mygroup), and
may be a variable in certain situations. |
| permission_mode:
a 3-digit number, where each digit may range from 0 to 7 in the
typical chmod fashion (ex. 700, 750, 777, etc.). If you are unfamiliar
with this setting, use the GUI editor RaidenWiz.EXE, or consult
the chmod docs in this manual. |
recursive:
a single character string. This must be set to r to enable. |
| quotamb:
disk quota allowed under this virtual path in MB (mega bytes) |
speedlim:
set to 1 to enable speed limit under this virtual path |
| ulspeed:
the upload speed limit in kb/s |
dlspeed:
the download speed limit in kb/s |
| dupecheck:
enable dupe checking under this virtual path |
nostat:
do not count upload/download stats under this virtual path |
| freedl:
allowing users to download freely without credit under this virtual
path |
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VFS syntax
examples
h:|/UNIVERSAL/SONY-48X|root|mygroup|550|r|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
d:\_Vftpd_Root|/|root|mygroup|775|r|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
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To have
the first mount point working, you will need to create the following
empty directories in your hard drive:
d:\_Vftpd_Root\UNIVERSAL
(maps to / , the root of ftpd)
d:\_Vftpd_Root\UNIVERSAL\SONY-48X
(maps to /UNIVERSAL/SONY-48X) |
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