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Martin Hope
Pawel
Asked: 2011-01-16 12:19:16 +0800 CST
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When I'm trying to connect to FTP server I get: "500 OOPS: cannot change directory:/home/$USER/public_html"

  • when I do echo $USER - I get proper username
  • seems like $USER isn't interpreted inside my /etc/vsftpd.conf
  • when I remove "local_root=/var/www/sites/$USER" I everything is smoothly working.

I'm running vsftpd 2.2.2 and Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS Release: 10.04 Codename: lucid

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Martin Hope
Pawel
Asked: 2010-12-30 15:11:56 +0800 CST
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I have bought my TLD domain, say domain.com. What I'd like to do is to host the website available under this address on my own computer. I'm assigned a dynamic IP, and I'm also behind a router in my local network. I'd run sites on my ubuntu server on a virtualbox machine which is available in my local network.

Preferably, I'd like to have my own domain on some server, with which I could experiment as much as I need (so it's only for educational purposes), but I can't afford to buy such a service.

Is it feasible? Can you provide steps I'd need to take to configure it (could be just general explanation). I'd need some guidance, please.

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