You're navigating outside your chroot, to a soft symlinked directory, am I right? You could mount the directory in some way. I've seen configurations which use SMB, NFS and loopbacks. Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -- kanarip > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Ashley M. Kirchner > Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 18:51 > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Odd vsftp issue > > > I have the following structure on my file system: > > $HOME = /home/kirash > /home/kirash/cgi-bin -> /var/www/virtual/kirash (a symlink) > > /var/www/virtual/kirash is owned by kirash.kirash > /home/kirash/cgi-bin (the symlink) is also owned by kirash.kirash > > Now, why is it when I'm logged in on the server (through ssh) that I > can access that cgi-bin folder, put and delete files just fine, but if I > log in through plain old FTP, I can't switch to that folder? I get > access denied. But, if log in through SFTP, it works just fine. So > why won't vsftp let me access that folder? > > -- > R | I haven't lost my mind; it's backed up on tape somewhere. > +-------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ashley M. Kirchner <mailto:ashley@xxxxxxxxxx> . 303.442.6410 x130 > IT Director / SysAdmin / WebSmith . 800.441.3873 x130 > Photo Craft Laboratories, Inc. . 3550 Arapahoe Ave. #6 > http://www.pcraft.com ..... . . . Boulder, CO 80303, U.S.A. > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list