Hallo Alan,

Op dinsdag 06 maart 2007 schreef Alan Ianson aan Hans Beekhuizen:

 HB>> MBSE creates in the files data base symbolic links with
 HB>> absolute names. This causes a "file not found" error when
 HB>> one tries to get a file with FTP as ProFTP resolves
 HB>> symbolic links relative to the ftp root directory.
 AI> My proftpd.conf has a setting "ShowSymlinks on/off". I'm just
 AI> getting it setup so I haven't played with it yet but I was
 AI> concidering if I should turn them off. If a successful download
 AI> isn't possible it may be a requirement. In that case though ftp
 AI> users only see the 8x3 filename and that may not be desireable.

That has nothing to do with the problem I have. It only switches the display 
of symlinks on or off. And I agree that only showing the 8.3 names is at least 
not very friendly. What do you get when you get LILY~9FC.BZ2 for example? I 
could not guess that it would be lilypond-2.8.2-1.documentation.tar.bz2 :)
The only reason for the problem is that ProFTP jailes users to their home 
directories and that symlinks are resolved relative to this directory. So when 
user anonymous logs in via ftp, he will be in the anonymous ftp users' home 
directory, in my case /FTP, and a symlink like /home/ftp/pub/something will be 
resolved to /FTP/home/ftp/pub/something, which doesn't exist.

 AI> I've heard good things about vsftpd too as others have
 AI> mentioned, I think I'll put that online and see how it goes.
 AI> I've been meaning to do that for ages but have been avoiding the
 AI> learning curve.. ;)

I don't remember why I started using ProFTP. Maybe I heard good things about 
it. I will look into vsftp some time. But not yet, I've got other things on my 
mind at the moment.

Groeten,

           Hans.

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