ProFTP and symlinks… not working

[Lukas]

Hi all!

I have this stupid problem. I have a few users set in my ProFTP configuration. My own user’s homedir contains some aliases. I created them via the Terminal using the ln -s command. They work perfectly when I call them using the terminal but when I log in my ProFTP server and try to navigate them I get this error “No such file or directory”. WHY????
If I create an alias via the Finder, ProFTP sees it as a document (not the original, that was a folder, but something like a txt document or similar).

Someone can help me? thanx a lot

Lukas

[Cabbage]

Server Settings > File & Print > FTP > Advanced

Allow real users to view:

If you chose Home Directory Only the symlinks won’t work.

You have to choose Home Directory with Share Points or FTP Root and Share Points.

This took me about 3 days to figure out 👿

[Lukas]

Argh Cabbage…. thanks for your quick reply but…
I’m on Mac OS X 10.2.4 CLIENT. I installed ProFTP with MySQL support for users following the Article ProFTP for the Pro on this site.

Is there a way?

Lukas

[Cabbage]

This is one of the very few Mac sites that is dedicated to the Server version.

You’d be better off posting on macosx.com or macfora.com

[Lukas]

Thank’s a lot Cabbage…

Did anything make you think that I posted here because of the fact Mac OS X Server users are much more expert than normal Mac OS X users?

I configured my OS X client following instruction from afp548.com and captainnet.net sites and everything works fine… I only have these little problems… probably Server version is not so different.

You told me “Oh… go back to your Client toy and don’t bother… “…

I think if I need an answer, I will certainly find it in a forum like this… not macosx.com.

Lukas

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