Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 11:19:58 -0500 From: "Ryan Turner" <ryturner@vt.edu> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Cc: <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> Subject: RE: ftp and symbolic links Message-ID: <000001be5c23$b1d09440$815652c6@ryturner-2.campus.vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <19990219052954.XYPT682101.mta1-rme@wocker>
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I had the same problem. I fixed it by mounting the cdrom under /usr/home/ftp/pub/cdrom Ryan Turner ryturner@vt.edu > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Dan Langille > Sent: Friday, February 19, 1999 12:29 AM > To: robert > Cc: freebsd list > Subject: Re: ftp and symbolic links > > > On 18 Feb 99, at 17:35, 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. > > please email direct as I am not currently subscribed to the list > > thanks in advance. > > ftpd does a chroot. And everything it uses must be under the ftp root. > I'm not explaining this very well. But you can't do a cd outside > the tree > below the ftp home directory. Hopefully someone else will step in and > explain better. > > -- > Dan Langille > The FreeBSD Diary > http://www.FreeBSDDiary.com/freebsd > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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