proftp and virtualhost

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 10:08 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
> Guillaume wrote:
> > hi,
> > 
> > I request your help to run two ftp sites on the same machine with
> > proftpd & virtualhost.
> > 
> > in my case, i have 2 domains 1.com & 2.com
> > 
> > I start creating configuration files -one conf file per host- but it's
> > not working has expected.
> > 
> > My config:
> > 1 host with ONE IP adress.
> > 	+the default ftpsite with higth access restriction
> > 	+the www1 site with some settings, root is located in /data/www1.com
> > 	+the 2.com ftp server with other settings. Root is located in /data/www2.com
> > 
> > I want a behaviour like apache virtual host and i don't know if its possible
> 
> Not possible.  FTP does not support the concept of "host headers" which
> is what Apache's <VirtualHost> depends on.  You can only have one FTP
> site per IP address.  You could split the content up based on the
> username someone uses to get in, but it's still one site.  Sorry.
> 
> > 	-> when user enter the IP adress of the fedora box, the default
> > website send the response, and so on, user is unable to connect.
> > 	-> when user enter the domain name he's redirected directly to the
> > right ftproot.
> > 
> > 
> > Actually, ALL ftp connection are redirected to the default ftpsite.
> > 
> > The www1.conf host is registered in the local dns & point to the local
> > ip of the server (192.168.28.30)

Since it's a local IP number, it would seem feasible to set up an
additional IP for the second site.

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