Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 18:57:28 -0500 From: "Christopher J. Michaels" <cjm2@earthling.net> To: "'robert'" <robert@mhi-tx.com>, "'freebsd list'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: ftp and symbolic links Message-ID: <000501be5b9a$71884600$0a00000a@maxpower.weeble.nws.net> In-Reply-To: <36CCA3C8.70286012@mhi-tx.com>
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I am assuming this is a problem with anonymous ftp access. Since the anonymous login is chroot(8)'d to /usr/ftp, the symbolic link won't work when pointing to a directory outside of the /usr/ftp dir. As far as the ftp process is concerned /usr/ftp becomes it's root (/) directory and anything not directly under /usr/ftp doesn't exist If someone else knows a way around this, hopefully they will let you know. The only solution I can think of would be to make the mount point of the CD-ROM something under the /usr/ftp directory (e.g. /usr/ftp/pub/cdrom) and make /cdrom a symlink to the new mount point. (swap what you are doing now). -Chris -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of robert Sent: Thursday, February 18, 1999 6:36 PM To: freebsd list Subject: ftp and symbolic links 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. Robert 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
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