Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 07:20:30 -0800 From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: "James Pole" <james.pole@paradise.net.nz> Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ftpd and Internet Explorer 6 Message-ID: <00f901c2bb17$4ee975c0$0301a8c0@bigdaddy> References: <00b001c2baab$4ebd7bd0$0301a8c0@bigdaddy> <1042447170.88109.69.camel@localhost>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "James Pole" <james.pole@paradise.net.nz> To: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 12:39 AM > On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 15:27, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > > I was attempting to allow a user to get some files via ftp from my FreeBSD > > 4.7 box using the ftp client built into MS Internet Explorer 6 (IE). I > > created a guest account and set the shell to /sbin/nologin. That appears to > > work fine. Then I created a symlink to the directory that contains the > > files for the user but the symlink doesn't appear in the files list in IE. > > All of the .files that were created by the adduser script do show. My > > directory looks like this: > > Why not just use Apache and get the user to get the file via HTTP. MSIE > is a web browser and not a FTP client, after all... Your idea is good for a ongoing permanent solution. However my situation is more of a "one time" thing. As such, I just copied the files into the guest account and the user was able to get them. But I still wonder if there is a way... :) Thanks, Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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