I want to be able to easily work with files on my server via eclipse's sftp, but I'm not sure what is the most acceptable way of doing this. The server currently only has one user besides root. Should I somehow give my current user account a certain permission over the /var/www directory? Or create a new user and jail them to the www folder somehow?...yep I'm pretty darn clueless here...just trying to learn.

Goals:
Be able to read, save, and transfer files to and from the server via the eclipse IDE

Maintain a descent level of security

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I'm completely new to the LAMP stack.

You could ask in one of the Eclipse forums such as eclipse.newcomer. Google for Eclipse forums.

Personally I recommend using a source control server like Subversion and a Subversion plugin like Subclipse from Tigris.

My problem really has more to do with server setup and user permissions than anyone particular IDE. I just happen to be using eclipse right now. But I wasn’t aware of the Subclipse plug-in so I’ll definitely be looking into that.

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I'm completely new to the LAMP stack.