Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 18:05:47 -0500 From: "Scot W. Hetzel" <hetzels@westbend.net> To: "MailingList User" <freebsd@palat.net> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Graphical FTP Clients Problem.. Message-ID: <007e01bf1761$d1c553e0$8dfee0d1@westbend.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9910151758250.14571-100000@palat.net>
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From: MailingList User <freebsd@palat.net>
> I was wondering if mayhaps anyone out there had run into this problem
> or one similar. We are running FreeBSD version FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE
> and our users are finding that when they use a graphical FTP client,
> (ie CuteFTP) the server appears to not be transmitting that directories
> are in fact directories and so the client is finding that it appears
> as a filename and not a directory and thus cannot be entered, rather it
> attempts to download the "file". I would assume normally that this was
> a client issue, but that does not seem to be the case as it has been
> verified with other clients of the same type. Any suggestions?
>
Have them check "Resolve Links" under "Advanced".
From the CuteFTP Help file:
Resolve Links: This UNIX-specific option asks the server
to resolve symbolic links to either file or directory.
Scot
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