Re: [suse-security] Q: vsftpd "cd ~ftp" not working

[Peer-Joachim Koch <pkoch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

yes and no ;) .
The ftp stuff is ONLY at the ftp-server. Therefore the symlink would NOT 
work, only if the user is working
on the ftp-server (the home is exported using nfs).
And also all the manuals are pointing out, "please use
~ftp ..."

Bye, Peer

--On Donnerstag, Juli 10, 2003 12:19:53 +0200 Jörn Ott 
<suse-security@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> How about adding a symlink to a users home directory. If you do it to
> /etc/skel as well, you don't need to worry about it for new users.
>
> cya
> Jörn
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> > Hi,
> >
> > I want to setup a new ftp server for our institute so
> > currently I am playing around with vsftpd.
> >
> > Everything is fine, put I have one problem:
> > when a normal user is using ftp, he/she will
> > first be in the HOME of the user. OK, that's fine.
> > But it is not possible to use "cd ~ftp" for a normal
> > user to go to the public ftp place.
> > You can enter the path by hand (absolut path) , but I
> > do not like absolut pathes (you have always trouble
> > changing absolut pathes).
> >
> > Any idea ?
> >
> > Bye,
> >     Peer
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Mit freundlichem Gruss
   Peer-Joachim Koch
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