browsing ntfs partitions via ftp

yus · 09-06-2005, 01:29 PM

hello everyone.

i mounted 1 ntfs partition in my fedora4, then, with vsftpd i start my ftp server.

when i log in, i cant see my /mnt directory, it is invisible to my ftp client. i changed the '/mnt/windows' mount point to '/home/user1/windows' but still nothing, my ftp client can see every single directory except for the one with the ntfs partition mounted. I even changed the mount point to to /home/user1/windowsD and my client was able to see the emty folder of /home/user1/windows, but the /home/user1/widnowsD is now invisible.

what can i do to access the ntfs partitions via ftp?

thanx

Matir · 09-06-2005, 02:05 PM

Can you see the folder from the computer locally? Can you access files in it?

vsftpd may be set up NOT to traverse mountpoints.

yus · 09-07-2005, 04:49 PM

yes i can!

it is perfectly mounted, i can read every file

i think it is set up not to traverse mountpoint

but then, how do i configure vsftpd to see the mountpoints?

Matir · 09-07-2005, 09:40 PM

Can you post the output of the 'mount' command? I see no specific related options in the vsftpd.conf manpage, however I do wonder if the user vsftpd runs as can read those directories.

yus · 09-08-2005, 10:46 PM

/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw)
/dev/proc on /proc type proc (rw)
/dev/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw)
/dev/devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
/dev/hda6 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
/dev/shm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/hda1 on /mnt/windows type ntfs (ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev,umask=000)
/dev/hda5 on /mnt/windowsD type ntfs (ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev,umask=000)
none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)
automount(pid2132) on /misc type autofs (rw,fd=4,pgrp=2132,minproto=2,maxproto=4)
automount(pid2167) on /net type autofs (rw,fd=4,pgrp=2167,minproto=2,maxproto=4)

then i run the command "mount --move /mnt/windows /home/user1/windows"
before i do that, i can access /home/user1/windows emty dir with no problem
but after i mount it, the folder does not appears any more in the ftp client, but if i localy browse
it i can see all the files of the partition mounted, i dont know what is going on here.

thanx

thiagobart · 09-14-2005, 09:28 AM

Hi,

just in order to help finding the solution, I am experiencing the same problem but without Windows.

I have a laptop only with 1 HD which has some partitions:

Code:

 
[root@hobbes vsftpd]# mount
/dev/hda3 on / type ext3 (rw)
/dev/proc  on /proc type proc (rw)
/dev/sys  on /sys type sysfs (rw)
/dev/devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
/dev/hda1  on /boot type ext3 (rw)
/dev/shm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/hda6 on /home type ext3 (rw)
/dev/hda8 on /mnt/hd2 type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hda7 on /s type ext3 (rw)
none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
/dev/hdc on /media/cdrecorder type udf (rw,nosuid,nodev,_netdev,user=bart)

When I log with a local user using "ftp localhost" and make "ls /" I get:

Code:

ftp> ls /
227 Entering Passive Mode (127,0,0,1,241,50)
150 Here comes the directory listing.
drwxr-xr-x   10 0        0            5140 Sep 14 12:20 dev
drwxr-xr-x   95 0        0            12288 Sep 14 14:08 etc
drwxr-xr-x   10 0        0            4096 Jul 28 19:18 home
drwxr-xr-x   11 0        0            4096 Aug 31 08:11 lib
drwxr-xr-x   20 0        0            4096 Aug 24 11:01 opt
dr-xr-xr-x  127 0        0               0 Sep 14  2005 proc
drwxr-x---   44 0        0            4096 Sep 14 13:09 root
drwxr-xr-x    2 0        0            4096 May 23 04:28 srv
drwxr-xr-x   10 0        0               0 Sep 14  2005 sys
drwxrwxrwt  19 0        0           16384 Sep 14 14:10 tmp
drwxr-xr-x   14 0        0            4096 Sep 07  2004 usr
drwxr-xr-x   26 0        0            4096 Aug 10 13:30 var
226 Directory send OK.

Note that the directories for /s, /boot and /mnt/hd2, which are other partitions from the same /dev/hda, simply are not shown. And I am pretty sure I can access them locally with the same user I am logging in.

I searched the net and read the whole vsftpd.conf man page but couldn't find anything related to partitions, mountpoint or device restrictions.

Any one has a clue?

Regards,
Thiago