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Date:      Sat, 19 Dec 1998 11:21:09 +0800 (WST)
From:      Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: FTP: Following symlinks
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812191120370.22540-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au>
In-Reply-To: <19981219134523.C24125@freebie.lemis.com>

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On Sat, 19 Dec 1998, Greg Lehey wrote:

> Symlinks work fine if you log in as a normal user.

And they work fine across the *same* filesystem.

> Presumably you're talking about anonymous ftp, which uses a chrooted
> environment.  In a chrooted environment, symlinks relate to new root.
> I'd guess you're trying to get outside the new root.

Would an nfs mount be the solution?

Regards,

d.


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