Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 12:09:55 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: "Christopher J. Umina" <uminac@216-164-225-145.c3-0.wth-ubr2.sbo-wth.ma.cable.rcn.com> Cc: FreeBSD Question Mailing List <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FTP Links Message-ID: <20020921190954.GA31570@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20020920173618.D2713-100000@216-164-225-145.c3-0.wth-ubr2.sbo-wth.ma.cable.rcn.com> References: <20020920173618.D2713-100000@216-164-225-145.c3-0.wth-ubr2.sbo-wth.ma.cable.rcn.com>
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--ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 05:37:14PM -0400, Christopher J. Umina wrote: > How can I make a symbolic link type thing that works in my FTP directory? > Is it possible without moving the files? I hope somebody can help me. I assume you really mean "a symbolic link pointing outside the FTP subdirectory". The answer is 'no' since (for anonymous ftp) ftpd uses the chroot syscall to limit its visibility to this subdirectory, and so it has no way to access files outside it. Kris --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9jMQCWry0BWjoQKURAicGAJ9P1J0zEUNkazkyNhap257h1KN7fACfb2PW niiaFD35+TmgUVtBMyCBbVs= =JKnK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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