Related to the questions :
How to allow a vsftpd to write to a folder other than default /files? (The answers are not what I need)
and Allow local users to access /var/www folder in vsftpd (I don't understand the answer, I don't know how to do what is advised).
I set up vsftpd and it functions, but when I login remotely I can only write in my home folder and in folders I created via vsftpd.
When I change directories, it refuses to write.
I don't mind the restrictions generally speaking, but I would like to also be able to write in /var/www/html and in subdirectories.
Without stopping apache2 from reading them and without making the machine vulnerable to attacks.
I don't think I need to be root via ftp, I'm already root on the remote machine when I sit in front of it, if I type sudo su. So if it's dangerous to allow remote root I'd rather not set that up. And it would also be dangerous because I tend to write silly commands when I'm root.
To stop the ftp user from roaming around, I tried to shortcut leaving the whole directory tree opened to ftp by creating a symlink from /home/user_name/www to /var/www.
I fiddled with chmod and chown, I can get ftp to follow that symlink but it won't write in www nor in its subdirectories.
What should I do, please?
