Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 20:57:11 -0500 (CDT) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Brian Shellabarger <brian@zyx.net> Cc: Tim Yeung <tyeung@dciem.dnd.ca>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: symbolic link for ftp anonymous user Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980601205613.11186I-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.980601115232.7067C-100000@spot.zyx.net>
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On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Brian Shellabarger wrote: > On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Tim Yeung wrote: > > ftp anonymous is unable to see the contain of the "share" directory. > > but other user (with account) has no problem. > > Is it a premission problem? How to fix it. > > Make sure the user "ftp" has read/execute access to this directory and at > least read access to any files that you want to be available via > anonymous FTP. I'm not aware of your exact situation, but: > "chmod 555 /path/to/share/dir" should do the trick. Won't work. anonymous ftp is chroot'd to ~ftp, so if whatever you're trying to look at isn't physically under ~ftp (i.e., somewhere else and symlinked over) then you can't get at it through anonymous ftp. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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