folder sharing with ftp

when using an ftp program to connect to the server it only shows the users home directory. is it possible to have a folder which every user can access from their home directory?

e.g. i have a folder /home/shares. can this be set up to be accessed via /home/user/shares.

thanks.

 

You can try to set up a symlink from /home/user/shares to /home/shares.

 

i tried a symlink but when trying to access the folder with an ftp program (i use filezilla) it says failed to retrieve directory listing but it works in the terminal. ive made sure that the user and group permisions are set to the link and folder.

 

What are you using for the ftp server?

 

im using proftpd

 

maybe this helps??

If you are using proftp you could change this setting

pico /etc/proftpd.conf

Look for this line it Locks all the users in home directory
DefaultRoot ~

But it's not advisable for security reasons?
Maybe this helps you further?

gr
Raymond
RayIT

 

thanks, but i would prefer to keep it locked to the user directory if there is another way around it.

 

give it a try

i never used it but maybe you can do following

mount --bind olddir newdir

so:

cd /home/ftp
mkdir extra
mount --bind /otherdir extra

to keep it after reboot add line to /etc/fstab
/otherdir /home/ftp/extra none bind 0 0

RayIT

 

which is the folder that contains the shared files and which is the folder that links to the shared files?

 

cd /home/user
mkdir shares
mount --bind /home/shares shares

give it atry
but maybe this is not a good sollution if you have multi users.

Maybe someone has a better idea?

gr
RaYIT