From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 16 08:59:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA03314 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 08:59:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from server4.mpcbbs.com.br (server4.mpc.com.br [200.246.0.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA03307 for ; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 15:59:49 GMT (envelope-from capriotti@geocities.com) Received: from hot_nt (node49.mpc.com.br [200.246.0.49]) by server4.mpcbbs.com.br (8.8.6/8.8.6) with SMTP id MAA21852; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 12:43:46 -0300 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19980416124402.00951620@pop.mpc.com.br> X-Sender: capriotti@pop.mpc.com.br X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 12:44:13 -0300 To: Freebsd Mail Lists Reader From: Capriotti Subject: Re: Solved - Setting up local FTP server for installation - Solved Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 02:41 PM 4/16/98 +0300, Freebsd Mail Lists Reader wrote: >Hello > >You can either make a link, pointing from home dir of >your ftp site (from /var/ftp/pub in your case) to the directory, >where install is located, didn't work. FBSD says it cant make a link to a directory (????) > or you can also move your ftp site >to some other partition by changing home directory of ftp user >in passwd database (with vipw command). If you'll move, don't >forget to move the whole structure of the ftp server, including >bin and etc dirs. > >Hope I've got your problem right :-) Yes ! The last one worked fine. The steps: cd /var/ftp cp * /usr/server/free225 [changed FTP's root directory using vipw] and voila ! All the files under my 2.2.5-RELEASE were recognized OK ! New system up and running ! > >------------------------------------- >Vlad Usenko >Romantis-Ukraine Satellite Communications >Communication Systems and Services > > >> Hi All ! >> >> I am trying to set up my 2.2.5 box to be the FTP server that will provide >> the files to an FTP install. >> >> I've got all the files on my HD, but I can't move them to /var/ftp/pub due >> to lack of space. >> >> how do I set up ftpd to see where files are ? >> >> TKS ! >> >> 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