What is the easiest way to set up a FTP server single signon pointing to /var/www?

Question

I've tried following numerous tutorials found on the net. The setup always starts out simple like

sudo apt-get intstall vsftpd

and then goes into edditing the /etc/vsftp.conf file. This is where the tutorials fail me becasue most of them either leave the setup for the users home directory, or starts getting in the chroot setup which appears more complicated than I need. Some tutorials attempt to explain how to set the defualt path by simply saying "add local_root=/var/www in your config file" which I added to the end of the file. This causes the prompt to get stuck after entering the username.

The problem here is that I don't know if the config directives have specific ordering. And if there is, the tutorials don't go into where it needs to be placed. I just need a single signon that points to the my /var/www

Thanks!

Answer 1

This is actually quite simple - all you need to do is change the home directory definition of that user's entry within /etc/passwd.