Creating /anders-www/umr-download directory each ftp user needs created a directory in their home ftp folder link-to-umr-download then you link it to the "real" directory with the files with a mount root@pfeiew540:/anders-ftp/p.reast@anders.co.uk# mount --bind /anders-www/download /anders-ftp/p.reast\@anders.co.uk/link-to-download to undo the above merely cd /anders-ftp/p.reast... umount link-to-download THEN configure apache to access those files (allowing browsing for password auth users) ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost DocumentRoot /anders-www/umr5-download Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride None Order allow,deny allow from all # This directive allows us to have apache2's default start page # in /apache2-default/, but still have / go to the right place #RedirectMatch ^/$ /apache2-default/ DAV On AuthType Basic AuthName "Download" AuthUserFile /anders-password/download.password Require valid-user Alias /umr5-download /anders-www/umr5-download Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks DAV On AuthType Basic AuthName "Download" AuthUserFile /anders-password/download.password Require valid-user don't forget to /etc/init.d/apache2 reload /etc/init.d/apache2 restart links to the files (which are passworded by anders-password/download.password) should be: http://download.anders.co.uk/umr5-download/Application_Notes/AN100_SDK_5Series_Rev1.1.pdf http://download.anders.co.uk/umr5-download