Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 10:41:20 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@phone.net> To: nicolas lacroix <datasafe@netscape.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: create a link on a ftp Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901191034140.24207-100000@guru.phone.net> In-Reply-To: <19990119123344.16129.qmail@ww181.netaddress.usa.net>
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Sounds like your ftp directories are chroot'ed. This is a good thing, as it improves the security of your ftp server enormously. The down side is that you can't get to any directories outside the ftp directory, as you've just discovered. The solution is the union file system type; see mount_union(8). Replace the symlink with a directory, and then "mount -t union" the directory tree you are symlinking to onto that directory. At least, this works on NetBSD. Should work on FreeBSD, but I haven't tried it there. <mike On 19 Jan 1999, nicolas lacroix wrote: > Date: 19 Jan 99 13:33:44 MET > From: nicolas lacroix <datasafe@netscape.net> > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: create a link on a ftp > > i have a problem regarding creation of a link to a directory. > i create a lsymbolic ink on the ftp/pub dir, to a directory out of the ftp > directory. > i can access to the link when i m log on the computer, but when i connect by > ftp, i see the link when i do a ls ou a dir, but can t access to when i do a > cd !! ftp tell me the directoray don t exist ! > > thanks > > nico > > ____________________________________________________________________ > More than just email--Get your FREE Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/netcenter/mail > > 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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