Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 01:17:16 +0000 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: robert <robert@mhi-tx.com> Cc: freebsd list <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ftp and symbolic links Message-ID: <19990219011716.A51859@scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <36CCA3C8.70286012@mhi-tx.com> References: <36CCA3C8.70286012@mhi-tx.com>
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robert wrote: > Hello, I made a symbolic link to my /cdrom filesystem in the > /usr/ftp/pub directory... > but when I anonymous ftp I cannot change into the cdrom directory(ie the > symlink) the permissions are r-xr-xr-x. Is there something I am missing? > It just says file not found.. > (the cdrom is mounted) > any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. anonymous ftp runs in a chroot environment, so this sort of thing can't be done with the paths you mention. The solution would be to mount your cdrom somewhere under /usr/ftp for it to be available. Under anon ftp, the path "/cdrom" becomes "/usr/ftp/cdrom", a symlink can't help that. Mounting the cdrom on /usr/ftp/cdrom can however. -- Ben Smithurst ben@scientia.demon.co.uk send a blank message to ben+pgp@scientia.demon.co.uk for PGP key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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