New domains with extra folders/files?

[duncan]

Hey guys,

OK so I finally got DA up and running tonight and it is awesome! And I should point out that the DA guys had it installed on my system almost as soon as I purchased it - great service!

My question is this: When I add a new domain, the folders are starting with a bunch of extra files. For example, here is what a new domain is started with:

[directory] .kde
[directory] domains
[directory] mail
[directory] public_html
[file] .bash_logout
[file] .bash_profile
[file] .bashre
[file] .emacs
[file] .gtkrc
[file] .shadow

Now I'm pretty sure that it is not supposed to start with most of those files - so what should I do? What *should* it be starting with?

Thanks

Duncan

 

[jmstacey]

Those files are normal and contain configuration for the various applications for that user/domain. Only the admin user should see them though, they should be hidden when logged in as user.

 

[duncan]

Thanks for the quick reply,

Hmmm I just double checked and the files/folders are all still viewable when signed in as a regular user.

Wonder what could be causing it then?

 

[jmstacey]

Mmmm. Just took another look and similar files are also visible to normal users through the filemanager. But they are hidden from users logged into ssh, I'm sure of that.

It doesn't look like they can modify them, which is good. It might be a neat feature to have the filemanager block these types of files from view, although since there's no standard file extension I'm not sure how easy that will be.

Eitherway these are usually required files so I wouldn't delete any of them

 

[nobaloney]

Required files ???

[directory] .kde
required for a server install? Never. If this server was build with KDE it should be removed.

[directory] domains
required by DA; if you remove the account won't work and you'll have to delete it and start over.

[directory] mail
required by DA; if you remove the account won't work and you'll have to delete it and start over.

[directory] public_html
this is a link to the public_html directory for the main domain under the account. Since most accounts will only have one domain it makes it easy for the user ftp-ing in to put his files in the right place.

[file] .bash_logout
[file] .bash_profile
[file] .bashre
[file] .emacs
[file] .gtkrc
[file] .shadow

These are definitely not required unless the user has shell login.

Jeff