Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 18:29:28 +1300 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: robert <robert@mhi-tx.com> Cc: freebsd list <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ftp and symbolic links Message-ID: <19990219052954.XYPT682101.mta1-rme@wocker> In-Reply-To: <36CCA3C8.70286012@mhi-tx.com>
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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
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