ftp problems

[lk]

In some email I received from Paul Civati at Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 09:50:09PM +0000: 
> David Richards <DavidR at eurosoft-uk.com> wrote:
> 
> > I have created a directory in the pub on an ftp server. I have changed all
> > the permissions so only a group of users can access. I did chmod a-rwx dir
> > and then chmod g+rwx dir
> > 
> > Then i try to create a symbolic link to that dir in the ftp.
> > 
> > the current permissions for the private directory is
> > d---rwx---    3 eurosoft eurosoft     4096 Nov  7 14:54 private 
> > and the symbolic link
> > lrwxrwxrwx    1 eurosoft eurosoft       22 Nov  7 15:10 public_ftp ->
> >  /home/ftp/pub/private/
Depends, if that is your root dir.
When you try to chdir to public_ftp(which is actually /home/ftp/pub/private) its searching for a ftp-root:/home (which doesnt exist).


cheers,
-lk