symbolic question/problem

acctman · 02-13-2009, 12:49 PM

I'm trying to setup a symbolic link for a folder but its creating a file instead.

ln -s /home/rmbimgs/public_html /home/rmbserv/rmbimgs

when I check the rmbimgs on FTP it's telling me its a file

theNbomr · 02-13-2009, 01:08 PM

What does ls or file tell you about the alleged link? It is likely that those do a better job of describing files than does FTP.
--- rod.

acctman · 02-13-2009, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theNbomr

What does ls or file tell you about the alleged link? It is likely that those do a better job of describing files than does FTP.
--- rod.

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Feb 13 13:33 rmbimgs -> /home/rmbimgs/public_html/

it looks correct

forrestt · 02-13-2009, 01:32 PM

It may just be that your ftp server is set up to not follow symlinks. Or, if you are running your ftp server in a chrooted environment, /home/rmbimgs/public_html/ may not be inside the chroot.

HTH

Forrest

acctman · 02-13-2009, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by forrestt

It may just be that your ftp server is set up to not follow symlinks. Or, if you are running your ftp server in a chrooted environment, /home/rmbimgs/public_html/ may not be inside the chroot.

HTH

Forrest

since I created the symlinks via ssh as root, the symlink has a root grp and owner set. i tried changing the owner & grp to rmbsite but its not taking. any idea on how to own and grp?

forrestt · 02-13-2009, 02:29 PM

It shouldn't matter who owns the symlink, if the target is available, it will just go there. The chroot command has nothing to do with ownership. What it does is basically set up an area of your hard drive for a particular use and makes it so that anything outside that area isn't able to be seen. Run 'man chroot' for more info.

HTH

Forrest

servat78 · 02-13-2009, 06:00 PM

You can also make /home/rmbserv/rmbimgs the real directory and /home/rmbimgs/public_html a link to that location, like
ln -s /home/rmbserv/rmbimgs /home/rmbimgs/public_html

The web server shouldn't have problem following the link by default (unless it has also been set to ignore links).

Debian

acctman · 02-13-2009, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by servat78

You can also make /home/rmbserv/rmbimgs the real directory and /home/rmbimgs/public_html a link to that location, like
ln -s /home/rmbserv/rmbimgs /home/rmbimgs/public_html

The web server shouldn't have problem following the link by default (unless it has also been set to ignore links).

i have another problem, i'm not able to delete any of the files on the other user. i thought by making a symblink i'd be able to control access to the files as if they were under the same web user directory.

so i guess now whats the easiest way to give myself access to the files and any new files that are added.