VSFTP config

[bwright72]

Hi All,

I am a cynical M$ user trying to move to Linux, and hance a bit new at this.

I have my gentoo box working well, and apache, php and mysql all running, but I cannot quite get my head around vsftp.

what I want to do is set up an ftp server that 1. allows the two network managers here to ftp files backwards and forwards to anywhere on the server (because we often work from home and the firewall prevents smb shares for obvious reasons). The 'to anywhere' bit is obviously the least important since for only slightly less laziness we could ssh in and use mv/cp.
AND
2. Allow a bunch of virtual users access to an ftp site where they can download files from a shared area, read from all user areas and read/write to their own user area. I.e. if we have users Tom, Dick and Sally, Tom can read/write to /tom and can read /dick /sally and /shared.
There should also be one virtual user who can read/write to every directory I.e. Herbert can read/write to /tom /dick /sally and /shared
AND
3. DO all the above whilst being so secure that the clueless admin doesn't have to spend another 10 days learning IDS commands and trouble shooting techniques beyond making sure that he emerges every day

Anybody up to the challenge?