VSFTPD mounted directories problem

plaguekriz · 08-13-2009, 02:02 AM

Hello! I try to create virtual directories on CentOS/vsFTPd FTP server, using command

mount --bind /mnt/hdb1/upload_4 /var/ftp/pub/upload_4

where /var/ftp/pub/ is ftp server root directory. Directory mounted and all looks cute from console. But when I try to go to this directory via ftp I have error "550 Failed to change directory." CHMOD is 777 and ftp:ftp is owner of this directory. Please help me to fix that problem.

jeromeNP7 · 08-13-2009, 04:58 AM

When using an FTP login the current login user will be the user, and not ftp. So setting ownership to ftp:ftp will only work from a remote access when really logging in as user 'ftp'. Assuming that you want the data to become public, you will have to set ownership to the user/group name used for anonymous access.

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plaguekriz · 08-14-2009, 12:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeromeNP7

Assuming that you want the data to become public, you will have to set ownership to the user/group name used for anonymous access.

Where can I find out which user:group used for anonymous access? And one more question: target folder is situated on hdd with ext3 file system, does it matter?

plaguekriz · 08-17-2009, 03:08 AM

Problem solved by updating vsFTPd to version 2.2.0 from sources. I've used this article http://blog.chinaunix.net/u1/43047/showart_677835.html