var, bin, usr, etc, lib, and tmp directories created in vhosts/domain

[ganast]

I just moved a bunch of domains from one server (PLESK 7.5.1/RH7.3) to another server (PLESK 7.5.4/RHEL3) using the migration manager.

Almost every domain has var, bin, usr, etc, lib, and tmp directories in addition to the usual anon_ftp, cgi-bin, conf, etc directories.

e.g.:
#ls /var/www/vhosts/domain.com
anon_ftp cgi-bin error_docs httpdocs lib private subdomains usr web_users bin conf etc httpsdocs pd statistics tmp var


Is this supposed to be like this, or should I delete all these "root-alikes?" Where did they come from anyway?

--gabe

 

[phoenixisp]

That's how it's supposed to be. If you wish to hide these 'system' files, edit the proftpd.conf file. Look for:

<Directory /var/www/vhosts>
GroupOwner psacln
</Directory>

And change it to:

<Directory /var/www/vhosts>
GroupOwner psacln
HideNoAccess On
HideUser root
</Directory>

The only problem I have found is that if you chmod a directory in the cgi-bin so that it's not executable, the folder is then hidden.

 

[ganast]

Huh, I don't really care actually, just didn't want to opern any security holes.

Can I use this directories? I would actually use the usr directory in most of my domains if I knew that it was going to become a permanent fixture in PLESK...

What are the directories for? for things like php safe-mode?

--gabe

 

[graymat]

I just found this post. Was there ever an answer to the last question. I would like to see it if there was.

 

[ganast]

Never got any kind of answer, but maybe I will expand my question.

On many of my domains I use TYPO3.

Ususally I make a typo3-src directory in the domain.com directory, I then change the conf/vhost.conf file to modify open-basedir access to that typo3-src directory outside of the httpdocs webroot.

The problem is that when I move one of these domains to a new server, the migration utility ignores the typo3-src directory and I have to move it by hand.

I thought that if the usr directory gets moved via migration utility (I could check this, just have not as of yet) then I would move my typo3-src directory into usr/share/typo3

anyone?

--gabe