Today I setup vsftp for local user ftp access. I turned on 'chroot_local_user=YES' which essentially puts the ftp user into a chroot jail. But what happens when you want to access something outside of user's home directory?
What? Symlinks don't work?!
Here's the solution I found on the net: Link
Basically you have to mount the external directory into your current directory using the --bind option. That nice link in the article tells you how to do it and how to put it in your fstab file to make it permanent after a reboot!
Happy reading!
Monday, November 3, 2008
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