An important poll for those with multiple domains on a server

[DannyCox]

Originally Posted by sarettah

Yeah, but then don't you have to go in and chown all the files to the proper owner, or you controlling all that at the group?

I was talking about the domains we control. For people that are on our network, and do their own HTML, we give them ownership and their own FTP. But we can still access and fix/change things if we have to as our "master" FTP login is in sense an admin login (not root)

[Hell Puppy]

I typically setup boxes for my own personal use similar to what Danny describes. I'll have a master that go anywhere and do anything. Then individual logins per domain.

In some cases now, especially with blogs, I tend to group them by who is working on them. If I have one person dealing with a dozen sites, I'll give them one login that gives them access to that dozen sites and nothing else.

I have been known to get very creative with the use of symbolic links when needed.

I tend to do most of my own SA work, but of the hosts I've worked with, each usually has their own preference as to how they set things up. But I've never seen one resist doing it either way if specifically requested.