vsFTPS And virtual directorys

SolidSnake · 10-09-2003, 02:11 AM

Hello
I have installed vsftpd. I have set it up to limit all users to their home directories. But now i want to be able to upload my website from school into my apache folder but i cannot get to it through ftp because it limits me to my home directory. So i wanted to know if its possible to make virtual directories on vsftp which make every thing i upload to the apache folder in my home folder go into my apache folder. If this is possible please can you tell me how?

david_ross · 10-11-2003, 08:08 AM

Have you tried using symbolic links?

SolidSnake · 10-11-2003, 09:33 AM

i dont know how to

SolidSnake · 10-11-2003, 09:39 AM

Hey i searched google for the command to make symbolic links. and i found it. it works!!!! Thanks.

SolidSnake · 10-11-2003, 09:43 AM

opps sorry it dont work when i done it it worked casue i neaver limited users to their home directories but when i do it stops working.

Rab22 · 10-11-2003, 10:22 AM

you sym linked the /home/<username>/acpache folder to your real apache folder right? I don't see why this wouldn't work at all.

SolidSnake · 10-11-2003, 11:18 AM

the command to make a symbolic links is ln -s /what/you/want/to/link /the/name/of/the/link right?

indianvenku · 10-11-2003, 02:23 PM

yes u ths correct for creating sym links

SolidSnake · 10-11-2003, 04:18 PM

ok it dont work then. FlashFXP says 550 Failed to change directory when i click on the link.

sidmark-2850 · 10-11-2003, 09:59 PM

I had a similar situation with proftpd. My www data is on a separate partition, so I remounted it inside the chrooted area. You can use the mount --bind command to mount part of the filesystem somewhere else or if your www partition is on a partition itself, just mount it a 2nd time from your /etc/fstab. Just mount the folder in sush a way that it will replicate the location of the files under the normal filesystem.

SolidSnake · 10-12-2003, 04:30 AM

That worked!!!!!! Thanks for your help!!!!!!!!