[ale] proftpd & symbolic links

[jimpop at yahoo.com (Jim Popovitch)]

The proftpd FAQ has a section on runing in a chroot environment.  You can check
it out here:

http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/doc/contrib/ProFTPD-mini-HOWTO-Chroot.html

-Jim P.

--- "lost.sync" <lost.sync at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> I'm pretty new to GNU/Linux and am really enjoying my experience.  Also,  
> first time poster, so I hope this isn't too basic or whatever.
> 
> Essentially, I wanted to share some files with a friend of mine via ftp  
> (proftpd).  I set him up an account and created a symbolic link to the  
> directory containing the files I wanted him to have access to within his  
> home directory.  The server itself is working great and doing exactly what  
> I want except that if he issues a CDUP, it takes him to the parent of the  
> linked folder, not back to his home folder.  Is there some way to make it  
> bounce him (and all other users) back to ~ when they leave a linked  
> directory?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> J. Morris
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