[ILUG] Apache Root Directories and Virtual Servers.

[Lisa Muir]

Hi Guys,

I'm trying to setup my home linux machine to serve webpages for two
trial sites, a and b

I've got my dsl router portforwarding etc, and have a static IP and
virutal servers all working fine.

My problem is directory permissions. 

The webserver root direcories reside in:

/srv/www/a
and 
/srv/www/b

I want to give users shell and ftp access to a and other users shell
and ftp access to b.

This was cool when I only had one site, but now I find that users of b
can access a's files and visa versa. Not good.

I've tried splitting them into seperate groups, but if I apply and
folder permissions I merely lock out access to the folders to wwwrun

If I make wwwrun the owner of the folders, then by adding in extra
users I'm granting both local users access to the respective webroot
directories.

Is there another way to define directory access / users  that I can
use to keep users in their home directories?

If I make wwwrun have sole permissions to /srv/www and move the home
directories to /home, will they be able to link to sub-directories of
/srv/www ?

Currently they can't log in for shell access if I set it up that
way... any ideas would be great, I'm confusing myself here calculating
chmod codes and not seeing any solution on the horizon.

TIA,

Lisa.