Proftpd question

[Joseph C. Lininger]

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You need to turn on the feature that allows symlinks. Also, if this is 
an anonymous ftp, keep in mind that an anonymous ftp has an implied 
chroot to the directory. YOu can't turn it off.

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On Wed, 14 Jul 2004, Jayson Smith wrote:

> Hi,
> That fixed it but I've got another problem.  When I log in anonymously
> locally using ncftp, I can see a directory called dectalk@ but can't change
> to that directory.  When logging in via my Windows machine I get an empty
> directory listing.  I do have a symlink to /var/www/dectalk in /home/ftp.
> That, in fact, is the only thing there.  But I can't get to it.  I went into
> my proftpd.conf and commented out the line about chrooting everybody into
> their home dir.  Any thoughts?
> Jayson.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg at romuald.net.eu.org>
> To: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at bellsouth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 1:38 PM
> Subject: Re: Proftpd question
> 
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> > Ok. In your anonymous section, above the lines that say
> >
> > User ftp
> > Group ftp
> >
> > put the following line
> >
> > RequireValidShell             off
> >
> > Other then that, there are no major differences between your
> > proftpd.conf and mine that would prevent anonymous users from logging
> > in.
> >
> > If the above suggestion still doesn't help, then what does your
> proftpd.log, or wherever proftpd logs things say when
> > you try to login as anonymous?
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
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