What about creating a soft link in the ftp root to the original material? ln -s <source> <target> I've used this technique numerous times myself with success. B_o_B wrote: >Wednesday, March 17, 2004 @ 10:12:49 AM Central Standard Time > >Hi All. I have a small issue I cannot seem to resolve over here. > >I am trying to make some things available on a public FTP server. The >things I am trying to make available are on a different partition, >than the normal content of the FTP (document root). > >Using Proftp 1.2.9. >Added the "DefaultRoot ~" option to keep users & anonymous >"jailed" (I really don't want people to wander out of their area). > >There is not enough drive capacity to just >simply copy the material into the public FTP area. > >Due to the chroot "Jailed" option (DefaulRoot ~), >I cannot add a symlink to the material (will not work). > >To get around this, I manually made a duplicate mount point in the FTP >area to the new material. I issued the following: >(the default ftp document root dir is /home/ftp) > >mkdir /home/ftp/new-stuff > >mount --bind /var/for-ftp/new-stuff /home/ftp/new-stuff > >this works great. I log into the FTP as "anonymous", ls, cd into >new-stuff, everything is their, & I am happy :) > >So, to finish the job, I want to add this command to the system >start-up config, so this will always be available. >I added the following to my /etc/rc.d/rc.local (Slackware) file: > >mount --bind /var/for-ftp/new-stuff /home/ftp/new-stuff > >I reboot the box to make sure all is well, log into the FTP, cd into >new-stuff, nothing is their, & I am Sad :( > >I checked & checked & moved where the command loads in my rc.local, >but no good. When the systems boots, I can log in & manually issue >the command & it works again. > >What am I doing wrong? I cannot figure out why this command will not >work in my rc.local? > >Any ideas or pointers would be greatly appreciated. > >Many Thanks & Kind Regards, > >Robert (aka B_o_B) David Felix De Mars >West Longitude 90' 15' 43" >http://b-o-b.homelinux.com > > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list