Preferences =========== Main tab -------- - Resolve hostnames: Check this if you want to see human-readable hostnames instead of plain IP-adresses. Please note that name lookups takes some time and the program may seem non-responsive if there are many connections. - Remember Window size... If you enable this, pureadmin will restore its previous position and size. It will also save the position of the dividers (the "grab handlers" you can use to change size of the "online users" list versus the "activities" list. - Enable notification icon If enabled, a small icon will appear in the notification area of your desktop when something happens on your server, such as a new user logged in or someone disconnected. Virtual Users ------------- - System UserID: Set this to the preferred default system id to use when adding new users. This is only a default-value and can of course be changed for each user once they are added. - System GroupID: Same as above but the group. - Home Directory: This is the default choise for home-directory when creating a new user. As with the system ids, this is only a default and can be changed on a per-user basis. External -------- Note: These options are autodeteced when PureAdmin is launched for the first time so there shouldn't be any need to change them unless something changes with the PureFTPd installation. * User Management - Pure-pw command: The name of the pure-pw command, with optional full path. - Default password file: The password-file to use when adding users. If not explicity changed when pureftpd was installed, use /etc/pureftpd.passwd - Default puredb-file: The binary version of the above file. This is the file that the ftpserver is using. Set to /etc/pureftpd.pdb if unsure. - Character encoding: If you want to use non-ASCII characters in your usernames you must make sure that you use a character encoding that your ftp clients understand. By default, pureadmin will use the encoding that you run for the rest of your system (try run 'locale' to find out), but this may cause trouble with your ftp-clients. It is recommended that you only use English characters and numbers for your usernames. Certain characters are also safe, such as the underscore (`_'), punktuation (`.') and some others. * Logging - Logging method: Choose the method that PureFTPd uses for logging. If unsure, try syslog, and the file /var/log/messages. You can check the method by checking the startup script and/or configuration-file for PureFTPd. - Logfile: The file that should be watched for logging. Defaults are /var/log/messages (syslog) /var/log/pureftpd.log (custom)