Making the switch - From Windows to Linux

After about four years of running a Windows Server and learning it inside and out, I think I'm ready for some change. Looks like I'm going to go with TinySofa Classic Server, I've tried a number of others but TinySofa seems to be right for me.

I was going to switch everything over earlier to another box so I could mess with TinySofa on my production server and use my current TinySofa box as my webserver but I ran into a few problems and thought I'd better hold off.

I'll start off with a few things...

1. Security... Security... Security...
What to do, what not to do, etc.
I believe I pretty much got the basics covered but jsut want some more info.

2.When creating a new user, how would I go about having a public_html folder created under that user's home directory and have permissions automatically set so Apache can access it? (Automation is key)

This is related to my second question, when a user uploads a file via FTP the permissions aren't right for Apache to be able to read it. How would I go about getting that straight so I dont have to change the permissions for every new file?

 

 

 

 

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