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Date:      Tue, 24 Oct 2000 15:57:52 -0500
From:      nathan <beemern@telecom.ksu.edu>
To:        John.Place@rrd.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Anonymous FTP and Symlinks
Message-ID:  <39F5F7D0.88833836@telecom.ksu.edu>
References:  <OFB4EDC828.FAEEBED6-ON86256982.00644C22@rrd.com>

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why don't you try doing the reverse?
depending on what data you're wanting to make available (assuming its not
vital to sys):
just mount your slices someplace inside your ftproot, and then symlink to
where you need them for compatibility/seemlessness??

nathan

John.Place@rrd.com wrote:

> I am changing platforms for an _INTERNAL_ ftp server (to freebsd of corse).
> The old platform (QNX) allowed me to set symlinks and they would be
> followed. FreeBSD will not. I realize that this is because of security
> purposes that it is like this but I am trying to make a seemless change of
> platforms and some users will have a problem with this. Is there a way I
> can force ftpd to honor symlinks?
>
> Thanks
> John
>
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