I am looking for a way to hide the .htaccess file from accounts when they log in using ftp.

I don't even want them to be able to see that file exists.

Is there a way to do this? Or make it so that when FTP logs in it starts in the www directory instead of the home/account directory?

Try adding this to your /etc/proftpd.conf


Order allow,deny
Deny from all
Satisfy All


This hide any file that begins with .ht.

After, do: ]# service proftpd restart

JFrech