On Sun, 2005-12-11 at 10:50 -0700, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote: > 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? > vsftpd by default puts all users in a chroot jail. You need to modify /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf to give your user access to elsewhere on the drive. > -- > 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. > >
