files: per-user public at ~name/public; home = member directory

Re-model the web file host as a file server (not a website host): - Drop the misnamed /site area. A member's public files are now their /me/public subfolder (unix ~/public), served anonymously at ~<name>/public. The rest of /me stays private; only ~name/public is ever exposed. Bare /~name redirects to /~name/public/. - The root / is now a directory of ALL members, each linked to their BBS site (https://<bbs-host>/~name via WebConfig.SiteBase) AND their public files here (~name/public). No longer hides empty members. - Sites/homepages stay on the BBS — files.<host> only links to them. - Usage gauge is just /me again (which includes /me/public). setup.sh + docs updated; tests cover ~name/public browse/download, the bare-~name redirect, empty-member empty-listing, /public-only exposure, and traversal confinement. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-13 14:27:27 +00:00 · 2026-06-26 01:21:00 +00:00 · 2026-06-26 01:21:00 +00:00 · a2d4817a8e
commit a2d4817a8e
parent 87fb2b4a1f
9 changed files with 203 additions and 166 deletions
--- a/cmd/agentbbs/fileweb.go
+++ b/cmd/agentbbs/fileweb.go
@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ func (a *app) startFilesWeb() {
 	}
 	addr := env("AGENTBBS_FILES_WEB_ADDR", "127.0.0.1:8092")
 	title := env("AGENTBBS_FILES_WEB_TITLE", "files."+strings.TrimPrefix(a.host, "bbs."))
-	h := a.files.WebHandler(files.WebConfig{Authenticate: a.filesWebAuth, Title: title})
+	// Member homepages ("sites") live on the BBS host; the ~user directory links
+	// each member to https://<bbs-host>/~name alongside their public files here.
+	siteBase := env("AGENTBBS_FILES_WEB_SITE_BASE", "https://"+a.host)
+	h := a.files.WebHandler(files.WebConfig{Authenticate: a.filesWebAuth, Title: title, SiteBase: siteBase})
 	srv := &http.Server{Addr: addr, Handler: h, ReadHeaderTimeout: 10 * time.Second}
 	go func() {
 		log.Info("files web listening", "addr", addr)
--- a/docs/files.md
+++ b/docs/files.md
@ -31,28 +31,32 @@ gated on membership, *not* on the paid Founding Lifetime plan:
 - Operators can revoke an individual account's SFTP access (abuse response)
  without touching its BBS login — see the management TUI below.

-## Three areas
+## Two areas

-When you connect you see a virtual root with three directories:
+When you connect you see a virtual root with two directories:

 | Path | What it is | Access |
 |---|---|---|
 | `/me` | Your **private** per-user workspace | read/write, quota-limited |
-| `/site` | Your **own public area**, served on the web at `~<name>` | read/write (yours), world-read anonymously |
 | `/public` | The single **shared public file area** (old-school BBS file area) | world-read; members-only write by default |

-`/me` is private — there is **no** path from one member's `/me` to another's. The
-two *public* surfaces are `/site` (per-member, the only thing exposed at
-`~<name>`) and the single shared `/public`. All three areas are confined: a path
-that tries to escape its root (`../`, an absolute path, or a planted symlink) is
-rejected, and the unauthenticated web surface (below) has no route into anyone's
-`/me`.
+Your `/me` home has one special subfolder: **`/me/public`**. Anything you put
+there is published on the web at **`~<name>/public`** (the unix `~/public`
+convention) — that, and only that, is the per-member public surface. The rest of
+`/me` stays private; there is **no** path from one member's `/me` to another's.
+Both areas are confined: a path that tries to escape its root (`../`, an absolute
+path, or a planted symlink) is rejected, and the unauthenticated web surface
+(below) only ever exposes `~name/public`, never the rest of a member's `/me`.
+
+> files.\<host\> is a **file server, not a website host**. Member homepages
+> ("sites") live on the BBS at `https://<host>/~<name>`; the file host's `~user`
+> directory links out to them but does not serve them.

 ## Quotas

-Each member's **owned storage** has a byte quota (default **1 GiB**, set by
-`AGENTBBS_FILES_QUOTA_MB`). The gauge sums your private `/me` **and** your public
-`/site`; writes to either that would exceed the quota fail. Operators can set a
+Each private workspace has a byte quota (default **1 GiB**, set by
+`AGENTBBS_FILES_QUOTA_MB`). The gauge measures all of `/me` — including your
+`/me/public` folder — and writes that would exceed it fail. Operators can set a
 per-user override in the management TUI. The shared `/public` area is
 operator-managed and **not** metered per user.

@ -90,7 +94,7 @@ content-blind.
 |---|---|---|
 | `AGENTBBS_FILES` | `1` | enable the SFTP subsystem + Files plugin (`0` disables) |
 | `AGENTBBS_FILES_QUOTA_MB` | `1024` | default per-user workspace quota (MB) |
-| `AGENTBBS_DATA` | `./data` | storage lives under `<data>/files/{users,sites,public}` |
+| `AGENTBBS_DATA` | `./data` | storage lives under `<data>/files/{users,public}` (a member's public files are `users/<name>/public`) |

 ## Provisioning members from a public key (for external services)

@ -124,10 +128,11 @@ has no route into anyone's `/me`.

 | URL | Serves | Auth |
 |---|---|---|
-| `/` | A **directory of members' `~user` sites**, plus a sign-in link | none |
-| `/~<name>[/path]` | That member's public `/site` — browse + download | none |
+| `/` | A **directory of all members** — each linked to their BBS **site** and their **public files** | none |
+| `/~<name>/public[/path]` | That member's public files (`/me/public`) — browse + download | none |
+| `/~<name>` | Redirects to `/~<name>/public/` | none |
 | `/public[/path]` | The shared public area — browse + download | none |
-| `/?path=…`, `/upload`, … | The authenticated manager: your `/me`, `/site`, `/public` | webmail login |
+| `/?path=…`, `/upload`, … | The authenticated manager: your `/me` + the shared `/public` | webmail login |

 Clean URLs map **1:1 to the SFTP paths**, so share links just work:

@ -135,8 +140,8 @@ Clean URLs map **1:1 to the SFTP paths**, so share links just work:
 scp dist.crx files@files.profullstack.com:/public/extensions/acme/
        ->  https://files.profullstack.com/public/extensions/acme/dist.crx

-scp index.html files@files.profullstack.com:/site/
-        ->  https://files.profullstack.com/~chovy/index.html
+scp index.html files@files.profullstack.com:/me/public/
+        ->  https://files.profullstack.com/~chovy/public/index.html
 ```

 Directories render a read-only browse listing; files stream with a content type
--- a/internal/files/backend.go
+++ b/internal/files/backend.go
@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func New(st FilesStore, cfg Config) (*Service, error) {
 		cfg.DefaultQuota = DefaultQuota
 	}
 	cfg.Root = filepath.Clean(cfg.Root)
-	for _, d := range []string{cfg.Root, filepath.Join(cfg.Root, "users"), filepath.Join(cfg.Root, "sites"), filepath.Join(cfg.Root, "public")} {
+	for _, d := range []string{cfg.Root, filepath.Join(cfg.Root, "users"), filepath.Join(cfg.Root, "public")} {
 		if err := os.MkdirAll(d, 0o755); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@ -96,10 +96,11 @@ func (s *Service) privRoot(user string) string {
 // pubRoot is the absolute shared public-area directory.
 func (s *Service) pubRoot() string { return filepath.Join(s.cfg.Root, "public") }

-// siteRoot is the absolute per-user public ("site") directory for a member,
-// served unauthenticated at ~<name> on the web file host.
-func (s *Service) siteRoot(user string) string {
-	return filepath.Join(s.cfg.Root, "sites", user)
+// publicHome is the member's own public file folder: the public/ subdirectory of
+// their private home. It is exposed anonymously on the web at ~<name>/public
+// (the unix ~/public convention) and metered as part of /me.
+func (s *Service) publicHome(user string) string {
+	return filepath.Join(s.privRoot(user), "public")
 }

 // ensureWorkspace creates a member's private workspace if absent.
@ -107,25 +108,14 @@ func (s *Service) ensureWorkspace(user string) error {
 	return os.MkdirAll(s.privRoot(user), 0o700)
 }

-// ensureSite creates a member's public site directory if absent. It is
-// world-readable (0o755) because the web host serves it anonymously at ~<name>.
-func (s *Service) ensureSite(user string) error {
-	return os.MkdirAll(s.siteRoot(user), 0o755)
-}
-
-// ownedUsage sums the member-owned areas — their private /me workspace plus
-// their public /site — for the quota gauge. The shared /public area is
-// operator-managed and is not metered per user.
-func (s *Service) ownedUsage(user string) (int64, error) {
-	priv, err := dirSize(s.privRoot(user))
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
+// ensurePublicHome creates a member's ~/public folder if absent (and the home
+// above it). The home stays private (0o700); the public/ subdir is the only
+// part the web host exposes anonymously, and the Go server reads it directly.
+func (s *Service) ensurePublicHome(user string) error {
+	if err := s.ensureWorkspace(user); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
-	site, err := dirSize(s.siteRoot(user))
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
-	return priv + site, nil
+	return os.MkdirAll(s.publicHome(user), 0o755)
 }

 // quotaFor returns the effective quota (bytes) for a user: their per-user
@ -184,40 +174,39 @@ func dirSize(root string) (int64, error) {
 	return total, err
 }

-// SitePeer is a member with a published public site, for the anonymous ~user
-// directory index on the web file host.
-type SitePeer struct {
-	Name  string
-	Bytes int64
+// Member is a member listed in the anonymous ~user directory at the root of the
+// web file host. PublicBytes is the size of their ~/public folder.
+type Member struct {
+	Name        string
+	PublicBytes int64
 }

-// PublicSites lists members who have published anything to their public /site,
-// sorted by name — the source for the anonymous ~user directory at the root of
-// the web file host. Members with an empty site are omitted.
-func (s *Service) PublicSites() ([]SitePeer, error) {
+// Members lists every (non-banned) account, sorted by name — the source for the
+// anonymous ~user directory at the root of the web file host. Every member is
+// listed (it is a real directory), each with a link to their site and to their
+// public files; PublicBytes shows how much they have published.
+func (s *Service) Members() ([]Member, error) {
 	users, err := s.st.ListUsers(10000)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	out := make([]SitePeer, 0, len(users))
+	out := make([]Member, 0, len(users))
 	for _, u := range users {
 		if u.Banned {
 			continue
 		}
-		n, err := dirSize(s.siteRoot(u.Name))
-		if err != nil || n == 0 {
-			continue
-		}
-		out = append(out, SitePeer{Name: u.Name, Bytes: n})
+		n, _ := dirSize(s.publicHome(u.Name))
+		out = append(out, Member{Name: u.Name, PublicBytes: n})
 	}
 	sort.Slice(out, func(i, j int) bool { return out[i].Name < out[j].Name })
 	return out, nil
 }

 // AnonRoot resolves the on-disk root for an anonymous, read-only browse target:
-// the shared public area (name == "") or a member's public site (name = the
-// ~handle). ok is false when the named member does not exist or is banned. The
-// returned root is a confinement boundary — callers must safeJoin onto it.
+// the shared public area (name == "") or a member's public files folder, i.e.
+// ~/public (name = the ~handle). ok is false when the named member does not
+// exist or is banned. The returned root is a confinement boundary — callers must
+// safeJoin onto it, and it never exposes the rest of the member's private home.
 func (s *Service) AnonRoot(name string) (root string, ok bool, err error) {
 	if name == "" {
 		return s.pubRoot(), true, nil
@ -229,13 +218,13 @@ func (s *Service) AnonRoot(name string) (root string, ok bool, err error) {
 	if !found || u.Banned {
 		return "", false, nil
 	}
-	// Materialize the (idempotent) site dir so ~name is browsable the moment the
-	// account exists — before the member's first SFTP/web session creates it.
-	// Without this, joining onto a missing root trips the escape guard.
-	if err := s.ensureSite(u.Name); err != nil {
+	// Materialize the (idempotent) ~/public folder so ~name/public is browsable
+	// the moment the account exists. Without this, joining onto a missing root
+	// trips the escape guard.
+	if err := s.ensurePublicHome(u.Name); err != nil {
 		return "", false, err
 	}
-	return s.siteRoot(u.Name), true, nil
+	return s.publicHome(u.Name), true, nil
 }

 // SafeJoin exposes the area-confinement join (lexical + symlink-escape guard)
@ -256,10 +245,10 @@ func (u Usage) Free() int64 {
 	return u.Quota - u.Bytes
 }

-// Usage computes a member's owned-storage usage (private /me + public /site)
-// against their quota.
+// Usage computes a member's private-workspace usage (all of /me, which includes
+// their ~/public folder) against their quota.
 func (s *Service) Usage(u store.User) (Usage, error) {
-	used, err := s.ownedUsage(u.Name)
+	used, err := dirSize(s.privRoot(u.Name))
 	if err != nil {
 		return Usage{}, err
 	}
--- a/internal/files/e2e_test.go
+++ b/internal/files/e2e_test.go
@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ func TestE2E_RootListing(t *testing.T) {
 		names = append(names, fi.Name())
 	}
 	sort.Strings(names)
-	if len(names) != 3 || names[0] != "me" || names[1] != "public" || names[2] != "site" {
-		t.Errorf("root listing = %v, want [me public site]", names)
+	if len(names) != 2 || names[0] != "me" || names[1] != "public" {
+		t.Errorf("root listing = %v, want [me public]", names)
 	}
 }

--- a/internal/files/files_test.go
+++ b/internal/files/files_test.go
@ -169,20 +169,18 @@ func TestUsage(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

-func TestUsageCountsSite(t *testing.T) {
+func TestUsageCountsPublicHome(t *testing.T) {
 	svc, _, u := newTestService(t)
-	if err := svc.ensureWorkspace(u.Name); err != nil {
+	if err := svc.ensurePublicHome(u.Name); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	if err := svc.ensureSite(u.Name); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	// 512 bytes private (/me) + 256 bytes public site (/site) both count toward
-	// the member's owned-usage gauge; the shared /public area does not.
+	// A member's ~/public folder lives inside their private /me home, so both the
+	// top-level private file and the public file count toward the quota gauge;
+	// the shared /public area does not.
 	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(svc.privRoot(u.Name), "a.txt"), []byte(strings.Repeat("x", 512)), 0o644); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(svc.siteRoot(u.Name), "b.txt"), []byte(strings.Repeat("y", 256)), 0o644); err != nil {
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(svc.publicHome(u.Name), "b.txt"), []byte(strings.Repeat("y", 256)), 0o644); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(svc.pubRoot(), "shared.txt"), []byte(strings.Repeat("z", 9999)), 0o644); err != nil {
@ -193,7 +191,7 @@ func TestUsageCountsSite(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	if usage.Bytes != 768 {
-		t.Errorf("usage = %d, want 768 (512 /me + 256 /site, shared /public excluded)", usage.Bytes)
+		t.Errorf("usage = %d, want 768 (512 /me + 256 /me/public, shared /public excluded)", usage.Bytes)
 	}
 }

--- a/internal/files/fs.go
+++ b/internal/files/fs.go
@ -16,17 +16,16 @@ import (
 )

 // area names exposed at the virtual root.
+//
+// A member's home is /me (private). Its public/ subdirectory is exposed
+// anonymously on the web at ~<name>/public — the unix ~/public convention — so
+// "publish a file" just means dropping it in /me/public. The single shared
+// /public area is the old-school BBS file area.
 const (
-	areaMe     = "me"     // private, per-user workspace
-	areaSite   = "site"   // the member's own public root (served at ~<name>)
-	areaPublic = "public" // the single shared public area
+	areaMe     = "me"
+	areaPublic = "public"
 )

-// metered reports whether writes to an area count against the member's quota.
-// The member's own areas (/me and /site) are metered; the shared /public is
-// operator-managed and unmetered.
-func metered(area string) bool { return area == areaMe || area == areaSite }
-
 // errEscape is returned when a resolved path would leave its area root. It maps
 // to an SFTP permission-denied; it must never reach the client as a real path.
 var errEscape = errors.New("files: path escapes its area")
@ -43,13 +42,12 @@ type session struct {
 }

 func (s *Service) newSession(u store.User) (*session, error) {
-	if err := s.ensureWorkspace(u.Name); err != nil {
+	// Ensure both the private home and its public/ subfolder exist, so writing to
+	// /me/public (which surfaces at ~name/public) just works.
+	if err := s.ensurePublicHome(u.Name); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if err := s.ensureSite(u.Name); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	used, err := s.ownedUsage(u.Name)
+	used, err := dirSize(s.privRoot(u.Name))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@ -84,10 +82,6 @@ func (s *session) resolve(p string) (resolved, error) {
 	switch seg[0] {
 	case areaMe:
 		areaRoot, area, writable = s.svc.privRoot(s.user.Name), areaMe, true
-	case areaSite:
-		// The member's own public root: they read/write it, the world reads it
-		// anonymously at ~<name>.
-		areaRoot, area, writable = s.svc.siteRoot(s.user.Name), areaSite, true
 	case areaPublic:
 		areaRoot, area, writable = s.svc.pubRoot(), areaPublic, s.pubWrite
 	default:
@ -165,7 +159,7 @@ func (s *session) entries(vpath string) ([]Entry, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if res.root {
-		return []Entry{{Name: areaMe, IsDir: true}, {Name: areaSite, IsDir: true}, {Name: areaPublic, IsDir: true}}, nil
+		return []Entry{{Name: areaMe, IsDir: true}, {Name: areaPublic, IsDir: true}}, nil
 	}
 	des, err := os.ReadDir(res.real)
 	if err != nil {
@ -309,8 +303,8 @@ func (s *session) webSave(vpath string, r io.Reader) (int64, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	limit := int64(-1) // shared public area is operator-managed, unmetered
-	if metered(res.area) {
+	limit := int64(-1) // public area is operator-managed, unmetered
+	if res.area == areaMe {
 		if limit = s.quota - (s.used.Load() - existing); limit < 0 {
 			limit = 0
 		}
@ -324,7 +318,7 @@ func (s *session) webSave(vpath string, r io.Reader) (int64, error) {
 	if cerr != nil {
 		return 0, cerr
 	}
-	if metered(res.area) {
+	if res.area == areaMe {
 		s.used.Add(n - existing)
 	}
 	return n, nil
@ -386,9 +380,9 @@ func (s *session) Filewrite(r *sftp.Request) (io.WriterAt, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, sftpErr(err)
 	}
-	// The shared public area is operator-managed (no per-user quota); the
-	// member's own areas (/me and /site) are metered.
-	if !metered(res.area) {
+	// The public area is operator-managed (no per-user quota); the private
+	// workspace is metered.
+	if res.area != areaMe {
 		return f, nil
 	}
 	return &quotaWriter{f: f, sess: s, tracked: startSize}, nil
@ -456,7 +450,7 @@ func (s *session) Filelist(r *sftp.Request) (sftp.ListerAt, error) {
 	switch r.Method {
 	case "List":
 		if res.root {
-			return listerAt{dirInfo(areaMe), dirInfo(areaSite), dirInfo(areaPublic)}, nil
+			return listerAt{dirInfo(areaMe), dirInfo(areaPublic)}, nil
 		}
 		entries, err := os.ReadDir(res.real)
 		if err != nil {
--- a/internal/files/web.go
+++ b/internal/files/web.go
@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ type WebConfig struct {
 	Authenticate func(user, pass string) (store.User, bool, error)
 	// Title is shown in the page header (e.g. "files.profullstack.com").
 	Title string
+	// SiteBase is the base URL of the member homepages ("sites"), e.g.
+	// "https://bbs.profullstack.com". The ~user directory links each member to
+	// SiteBase + "/~" + name. Empty disables the site link.
+	SiteBase string
 	// SessionTTL defaults to 12h.
 	SessionTTL time.Duration
 }
@ -330,14 +334,23 @@ func (h *webSrv) renderLogin(w http.ResponseWriter, errMsg string) {
 	_ = loginTmpl.Execute(w, loginData{Title: h.cfg.Title, Err: errMsg})
 }

-// renderIndex serves the public landing page: a directory of members' ~user
-// sites (each linking to their public /site), plus a link to the shared /public
-// area and a sign-in link. No authentication required.
+// renderIndex serves the public landing page: a directory of every member,
+// each linked to their site (homepage on the BBS) and their public files folder
+// (~name/public here), plus a link to the shared /public area and a sign-in
+// link. No authentication required.
 func (h *webSrv) renderIndex(w http.ResponseWriter, errMsg string) {
 	data := indexData{Title: h.cfg.Title, Err: errMsg}
-	if peers, err := h.svc.PublicSites(); err == nil {
-		for _, p := range peers {
-			data.Peers = append(data.Peers, indexPeer{Name: p.Name, URL: "/~" + p.Name + "/", UsedH: humanSize(p.Bytes)})
+	if members, err := h.svc.Members(); err == nil {
+		for _, m := range members {
+			peer := indexPeer{
+				Name:     m.Name,
+				FilesURL: "/~" + m.Name + "/public/",
+				UsedH:    humanSize(m.PublicBytes),
+			}
+			if h.cfg.SiteBase != "" {
+				peer.SiteURL = strings.TrimRight(h.cfg.SiteBase, "/") + "/~" + m.Name
+			}
+			data.Peers = append(data.Peers, peer)
 		}
 	}
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
@ -345,10 +358,10 @@ func (h *webSrv) renderIndex(w http.ResponseWriter, errMsg string) {
 }

 // handleAnon serves the unauthenticated, read-only public surface: the shared
-// /public area and each member's public site at /~<name>. Directories render a
-// browse listing; files stream with a content type and a short cache. It is
-// confined to the area root by the same safeJoin guard as SFTP — there is no
-// path to a member's private /me or above the area root.
+// /public area and each member's public files at /~<name>/public. Directories
+// render a browse listing; files stream with a content type and a short cache.
+// It is confined to the area root by the same safeJoin guard as SFTP — only a
+// member's ~/public subfolder is exposed, never the rest of their private /me.
 func (h *webSrv) handleAnon(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	if r.Method != http.MethodGet && r.Method != http.MethodHead {
 		http.Error(w, "method not allowed", http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
@ -358,18 +371,32 @@ func (h *webSrv) handleAnon(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	var name, rel, prefix, heading string
 	switch {
 	case upath == "/public" || strings.HasPrefix(upath, "/public/"):
+		// The shared/global public area.
 		name, rel, prefix, heading = "", strings.TrimPrefix(upath, "/public"), "/public", "/public"
 	case strings.HasPrefix(upath, "/~"):
+		// A member's own public files: /~<name>/public[/...]. The bare ~name (or
+		// anything not under /public) is not a file surface — only ~name/public is
+		// exposed; the rest of the member's home stays private.
 		seg := strings.SplitN(strings.TrimPrefix(upath, "/~"), "/", 2)
 		name = seg[0]
 		if name == "" {
 			http.Redirect(w, r, "/", http.StatusSeeOther)
 			return
 		}
+		after := ""
 		if len(seg) == 2 {
-			rel = "/" + seg[1]
+			after = "/" + seg[1]
 		}
-		prefix, heading = "/~"+name, "~"+name
+		if after == "" || after == "/" {
+			http.Redirect(w, r, "/~"+name+"/public/", http.StatusSeeOther)
+			return
+		}
+		if after != "/public" && !strings.HasPrefix(after, "/public/") {
+			http.NotFound(w, r)
+			return
+		}
+		rel = strings.TrimPrefix(after, "/public")
+		prefix, heading = "/~"+name+"/public", "~"+name+"/public"
 	default:
 		http.NotFound(w, r)
 		return
@ -386,10 +413,9 @@ func (h *webSrv) handleAnon(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 	fi, err := os.Stat(real)
 	if err != nil {
-		// A known member whose site dir hasn't been created yet (it is created
-		// lazily on their first files session) renders as an empty listing — not
-		// a 404 — so ~name is reachable as soon as the account exists. A missing
-		// sub-path still 404s.
+		// A known member with an empty/not-yet-created ~/public folder renders as
+		// an empty listing — not a 404 — so ~name/public is reachable the moment
+		// the account exists. A missing sub-path still 404s.
 		if os.IsNotExist(err) && path.Clean("/"+strings.TrimPrefix(rel, "/")) == "/" {
 			h.renderAnonDir(w, prefix, heading, rel, real)
 			return
@ -562,13 +588,14 @@ var listTmpl = template.Must(template.New("list").Parse(`<!doctype html><html><h
 </tr>{{end}}
 {{if not .Entries}}<tr><td colspan=4 class=muted>(empty)</td></tr>{{end}}
 </table>
-<p class=muted style="margin-top:20px">Your <code>/site</code> files are public at <a href="/~{{.User}}/">~{{.User}}</a>. Also reachable over SFTP with your SSH key: <code>sftp files@{{.Title}}</code>.</p>
+<p class=muted style="margin-top:20px">Files in <code>/me/public</code> are public at <a href="/~{{.User}}/public/">~{{.User}}/public</a>. Reachable over SFTP with your SSH key: <code>sftp files@{{.Title}}</code>.</p>
 </div></body></html>`))

 type indexPeer struct {
-	Name  string
-	URL   string
-	UsedH string
+	Name     string
+	FilesURL string // /~name/public/
+	SiteURL  string // https://bbs.../~name  (empty if no SiteBase)
+	UsedH    string
 }

 type indexData struct {
@ -596,22 +623,25 @@ type anonData struct {
 var indexTmpl = template.Must(template.New("index").Parse(`<!doctype html><html><head><meta charset=utf-8>
 <meta name=viewport content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1"><title>{{.Title}}</title><style>` + baseCSS + `</style></head>
 <body><div class=wrap>
-<div class=bar><h1>{{.Title}}</h1><div class=muted><a href="/public/">/public</a> · <a href="/login">Sign in</a></div></div>
+<div class=bar><h1>{{.Title}}</h1><div class=muted><a href="/public/">shared /public</a> · <a href="/login">Sign in</a></div></div>
 {{if .Err}}<div class="flash err">{{.Err}}</div>{{end}}
-<p class=muted>Public member sites. Each links to that member's shared <code>/site</code> files. <a href="/login">Sign in</a> to manage your own files (private <code>/me</code> + your <code>/site</code>).</p>
-<table><tr><th>Member</th><th class=right>Size</th></tr>
-{{range .Peers}}<tr><td>📂 <a href="{{.URL}}">~{{.Name}}</a></td><td class=right>{{.UsedH}}</td></tr>{{end}}
-{{if not .Peers}}<tr><td colspan=2 class=muted>No public sites yet — sign in and add files to <code>/site</code>.</td></tr>{{end}}
+<p class=muted>Member directory. Each member has a <b>site</b> (their homepage on the BBS) and a <b>public files</b> folder here. <a href="/login">Sign in</a> to manage your own files.</p>
+<table><tr><th>Member</th><th>Site</th><th>Public files</th><th class=right>Size</th></tr>
+{{range .Peers}}<tr><td>👤 {{.Name}}</td>
+<td>{{if .SiteURL}}<a href="{{.SiteURL}}">site ↗</a>{{else}}<span class=muted>—</span>{{end}}</td>
+<td>📂 <a href="{{.FilesURL}}">~{{.Name}}/public</a></td>
+<td class=right>{{.UsedH}}</td></tr>{{end}}
+{{if not .Peers}}<tr><td colspan=4 class=muted>No members yet.</td></tr>{{end}}
 </table>
-<p class=muted style="margin-top:20px">Publish over SFTP: <code>scp file files@{{.Title}}:/site/</code> → appears at <code>~yourname</code>.</p>
+<p class=muted style="margin-top:20px">Publish over SFTP: <code>scp file files@{{.Title}}:/me/public/</code> → appears at <code>~yourname/public</code>.</p>
 </div></body></html>`))

 var anonTmpl = template.Must(template.New("anon").Parse(`<!doctype html><html><head><meta charset=utf-8>
 <meta name=viewport content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1"><title>{{.CurPath}} · {{.Title}}</title><style>` + baseCSS + `</style></head>
 <body><div class=wrap>
-<div class=bar><h1>{{.Title}}</h1><div class=muted><a href="/">all sites</a> · <a href="/login">Sign in</a></div></div>
+<div class=bar><h1>{{.Title}}</h1><div class=muted><a href="/">members</a> · <a href="/login">Sign in</a></div></div>
 <div class=crumbs><b>{{.CurPath}}</b></div>
-<p class=muted>Read-only public area.</p>
+<p class=muted>Read-only public files.</p>
 <table><tr><th>Name</th><th class=right>Size</th><th>Modified</th></tr>
 {{if .UpOK}}<tr><td><a href="{{.UpURL}}">⬑ ..</a></td><td></td><td></td></tr>{{end}}
 {{range .Entries}}<tr>
--- a/internal/files/web_test.go
+++ b/internal/files/web_test.go
@ -162,22 +162,29 @@ func TestWebAnonPublicSite(t *testing.T) {
 	h, _ := webTestHandler(t)
 	cookie := loginCookie(t, h)

-	// alice publishes to her own public /site and to the shared /public.
-	uploadTo(t, h, cookie, "/site", "hello.txt", "from alice site")
+	// alice publishes to her own public folder (/me/public) and to /public.
+	uploadTo(t, h, cookie, "/me/public", "hello.txt", "from alice")
 	uploadTo(t, h, cookie, "/public", "shared.txt", "shared file")

-	// The unauthenticated root lists ~alice (a public-site directory), not a wall.
+	// The unauthenticated root lists every member with a link to ~alice/public.
 	rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	h.ServeHTTP(rr, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/", nil))
-	if body := rr.Body.String(); !strings.Contains(body, "~alice") {
-		t.Fatalf("index missing ~alice directory entry: %.300s", body)
+	if body := rr.Body.String(); !strings.Contains(body, "/~alice/public/") {
+		t.Fatalf("index missing ~alice/public link: %.300s", body)
 	}

-	// Anonymous (no cookie) can download a member's published site file.
+	// Anonymous (no cookie) can download a member's published file.
 	rr = httptest.NewRecorder()
-	h.ServeHTTP(rr, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/~alice/hello.txt", nil))
-	if got, _ := io.ReadAll(rr.Body); string(got) != "from alice site" {
-		t.Fatalf("~alice file: got %q", got)
+	h.ServeHTTP(rr, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/~alice/public/hello.txt", nil))
+	if got, _ := io.ReadAll(rr.Body); string(got) != "from alice" {
+		t.Fatalf("~alice/public file: got %q", got)
+	}
+
+	// Bare ~alice redirects to ~alice/public/.
+	rr = httptest.NewRecorder()
+	h.ServeHTTP(rr, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/~alice", nil))
+	if rr.Code != http.StatusSeeOther || rr.Header().Get("Location") != "/~alice/public/" {
+		t.Fatalf("~alice: want redirect to /~alice/public/, got %d %q", rr.Code, rr.Header().Get("Location"))
 	}

 	// Anonymous can download from the shared public area via a clean URL.
@ -189,16 +196,16 @@ func TestWebAnonPublicSite(t *testing.T) {

 	// Anonymous directory browse renders a listing.
 	rr = httptest.NewRecorder()
-	h.ServeHTTP(rr, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/~alice/", nil))
+	h.ServeHTTP(rr, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/~alice/public/", nil))
 	if body := rr.Body.String(); !strings.Contains(body, "hello.txt") {
-		t.Fatalf("~alice browse missing file: %.300s", body)
+		t.Fatalf("~alice/public browse missing file: %.300s", body)
 	}
 }

 func TestWebAnonMemberSiteEmptyNot404(t *testing.T) {
-	// A registered member who has not published anything yet (no site dir on
-	// disk) is reachable at ~name as an empty listing, not a 404. A missing file
-	// under them, and an unknown member, both still 404.
+	// A registered member who has not published anything yet (no public folder on
+	// disk) is reachable at ~name/public as an empty listing, not a 404. A missing
+	// file under them, and an unknown member, both still 404.
 	svc, st, _ := newTestService(t)
 	if _, err := st.EnsureUser("bob", "member", "SHA256:bobkey"); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@ -206,22 +213,29 @@ func TestWebAnonMemberSiteEmptyNot404(t *testing.T) {
 	h := svc.WebHandler(WebConfig{Title: "files.test"})

 	rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	h.ServeHTTP(rr, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/~bob/", nil))
+	h.ServeHTTP(rr, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/~bob/public/", nil))
 	if rr.Code != http.StatusOK {
-		t.Fatalf("~bob (member, empty site): want 200, got %d", rr.Code)
+		t.Fatalf("~bob/public (member, empty): want 200, got %d", rr.Code)
 	}
 	if !strings.Contains(rr.Body.String(), "(empty)") {
-		t.Fatalf("~bob should render an empty listing: %.200s", rr.Body.String())
+		t.Fatalf("~bob/public should render an empty listing: %.200s", rr.Body.String())
 	}

 	rr = httptest.NewRecorder()
-	h.ServeHTTP(rr, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/~bob/nope.txt", nil))
+	h.ServeHTTP(rr, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/~bob/public/nope.txt", nil))
 	if rr.Code != http.StatusNotFound {
-		t.Fatalf("~bob/nope.txt: want 404, got %d", rr.Code)
+		t.Fatalf("~bob/public/nope.txt: want 404, got %d", rr.Code)
+	}
+
+	// Anything under ~bob that is not /public is not exposed.
+	rr = httptest.NewRecorder()
+	h.ServeHTTP(rr, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/~bob/secret", nil))
+	if rr.Code != http.StatusNotFound {
+		t.Fatalf("~bob/secret: want 404, got %d", rr.Code)
 	}

 	rr = httptest.NewRecorder()
-	h.ServeHTTP(rr, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/~nobody/", nil))
+	h.ServeHTTP(rr, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/~nobody/public/", nil))
 	if rr.Code != http.StatusNotFound {
 		t.Fatalf("~nobody (unknown): want 404, got %d", rr.Code)
 	}
@ -232,13 +246,15 @@ func TestWebAnonCannotEscape(t *testing.T) {
 	cookie := loginCookie(t, h)
 	uploadTo(t, h, cookie, "/me", "secret.txt", "private")

-	// There is no anonymous route into /me, and traversal out of a public area
-	// must not reach the private workspace.
+	// Only ~name/public is exposed; traversal out of a public area must not reach
+	// the private home or anything above it.
 	for _, p := range []string{
-		"/~alice/../../users/alice/secret.txt",
+		"/~alice/public/../../secret.txt",
+		"/~alice/public/../../../users/alice/secret.txt",
 		"/public/../users/alice/secret.txt",
-		"/~alice/..%2f..%2fusers%2falice%2fsecret.txt",
-		"/~ghost/anything", // unknown member
+		"/~alice/public/..%2f..%2fsecret.txt",
+		"/~alice/secret.txt", // not under /public
+		"/~ghost/public/x",   // unknown member
 	} {
 		rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
 		h.ServeHTTP(rr, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, p, nil))
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@ -700,19 +700,21 @@ FILES_SITE="
 ${FILES_DOMAIN} {
 	encode zstd gzip

-	# Everything is served by the agentbbs file-manager on loopback. It serves,
-	# all from the same virtual storage as SFTP:
-	#   /                  public directory of members' ~user sites (no auth)
-	#   /~<name>[/...]     a member's public /site — anon read-only browse + files
+	# A pure file server (NOT a website host — member homepages live on the BBS
+	# at https://${DOMAIN}/~<name>). The agentbbs file-manager on loopback serves:
+	#   /                  directory of all members (links to each one's BBS site
+	#                      and their public files here) — no auth
+	#   /~<name>/public[/] a member's public files folder — anon read-only browse
 	#   /public[/...]      the shared public area — anon read-only browse + files
-	#   (signed in)        the member's private /me, their /site, and /public
+	#   (signed in)        the member's private /me (whose public/ subdir is the
+	#                      ~name/public surface) and the shared /public
 	# Clean URLs map 1:1 to the SFTP paths, so share links just work:
 	#   scp dist.crx files@${FILES_DOMAIN}:/public/extensions/acme/
 	#     -> https://${FILES_DOMAIN}/public/extensions/acme/dist.crx
-	#   scp index.html files@${FILES_DOMAIN}:/site/
-	#     -> https://${FILES_DOMAIN}/~<name>/index.html
-	# The anon surface has no route to a member's private /me (see internal/files
-	# web tests); it is structurally read-only and area-confined.
+	#   scp index.html files@${FILES_DOMAIN}:/me/public/
+	#     -> https://${FILES_DOMAIN}/~<name>/public/index.html
+	# The anon surface only ever exposes ~name/public, never the rest of a
+	# member's private /me (see internal/files web tests); it is read-only.
 	reverse_proxy http://${FILES_WEB_ADDR}
 }
 "