Ok. I followed the perfect setup for Fedora Core 5. When accessing the site via IP, renaming a folder to something else, and then recreating a new folder with the same name, will result in the new folder holding the contents of the old directory. Whether it is a symlink or a true copy I am not sure and have no time to explore. I was originally gonna post a "aw crap! why me!" thread but as indicated above, logging in via the actual domain does not cause the same problems.
I think you misunderstand. FTPing to the IP will create the problem mentioned. FTPing to the domain which points to the IP will not. In any case, the domain points to the IP.
What's the output of Code: ls -la /path/to/parentfolder and what's the name of the directory you're trying to rename?
Hi. How do I do this? Thru the ftp? I'm using a GUI ftp. Or should I access the server directly. Sorry, completely lost here.
After connecting succesfully, I immediately get a connection closed by host message. Both on accessing via IP and via the domain.
Did you connect as root? Maybe the user you tried doesn't have shell access. Anyway, instead of SSH, you can use the system's terminal if you have physical access to the system.
I gave the user SSH access. It's the admin accoun for that web but it's not "root" account. So anyway... ls -la via direct access is as follows: Code: total 356 drwxr-xr-x 14 admin web4 4096 Dec 3 20:30 . drwxrwxr-x 9 admin web4 4096 Dec 9 13:21 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 admin web4 825 Dec 3 20:11 AdminSettings.sample -rw-r--r-- 1 admin web4 3198 Dec 3 20:11 api.php drwxr-xr-x 2 admin web4 4096 Dec 3 20:12 bin -rw-r--r-- 1 admin web4 17997 Dec 3 20:11 COPYING drwxr-xr-x 4 admin web4 4096 Dec 3 20:12 docs drwxr-xr-x 2 admin web4 4096 Dec 3 20:12 extensions -rw-r--r-- 1 admin web4 162 Dec 3 20:11 FAQ -rw-r--r-- 1 admin web4 159466 Dec 3 20:12 HISTORY drwxrwxrwx 9 admin web4 4096 Dec 7 19:48 images -rw-r--r-- 1 admin web4 1446 Dec 3 20:12 img_auth.php drwxr-xr-x 7 admin web4 12288 Dec 3 19:48 includes -rw-r--r-- 1 admin web4 1755 Dec 3 20:12 index.php -rw-r--r-- 1 admin web4 3989 Dec 3 20:12 INSTALL -rw-r--r-- 1 admin web4 3538 Dec 3 20:12 install-utils.inc drwxr-xr-x 4 admin web4 4096 Dec 3 20:02 languages drwxr-xr-x 2 admin web4 4096 Dec 3 20:02 locale -rw-rw-rw- 1 apache apache 4790 Dec 7 18:49 LocalSettings.php drwxr-xr-x 9 admin web4 4096 Dec 3 20:07 maintenance drwxr-xr-x 2 admin web4 4096 Dec 3 20:07 math -rw-r--r-- 1 admin web4 1348 Dec 3 20:12 opensearch_desc.php -rw-r--r-- 1 admin web4 6173 Dec 3 20:12 profileinfo.php -rw-r--r-- 1 admin web4 3535 Dec 3 20:12 README -rw-r--r-- 1 admin web4 319 Dec 3 20:12 redirect.php -rw-r--r-- 1 admin web4 91 Dec 3 20:12 redirect.phtml -rw-r--r-- 1 admin web4 21177 Dec 3 20:12 RELEASE-NOTES drwxr-xr-x 2 admin web4 4096 Dec 3 20:08 serialized drwxr-xr-x 9 admin web4 4096 Dec 3 20:11 skins -rw-r--r-- 1 admin web4 605 Dec 3 20:12 StartProfiler.php drwxr-xr-x 2 admin web4 4096 Dec 3 20:11 tests -rw-r--r-- 1 admin web4 2316 Dec 3 20:12 thumb.php -rw-r--r-- 1 admin web4 1270 Dec 3 20:12 trackback.php -rw-r--r-- 1 admin web4 12210 Dec 3 20:12 UPGRADE -rw-r--r-- 1 admin web4 88 Dec 3 20:12 wiki.phtml
The name of the directory wiki and I was trying to rename it to wiki.old and it is the parent directory of all those files you've seen earlier..
Code: total 40 drwxrwxr-x 9 admin web4 4096 Dec 11 23:37 . drwxr-xr-x 8 admin web4 4096 Dec 4 04:00 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 3 17:06 error -rw-rw-r-- 1 admin web4 1212 Dec 3 20:28 index.html -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 11 23:37 ls.txt drwxr-xr-x 2 admin web4 4096 Dec 4 04:00 stats drwxr-xr-x 14 admin web4 4096 Dec 3 20:30 wiki drwxr-xr-x 2 admin web4 4096 Dec 3 17:11 wikiasdf drwxr-xr-x 16 admin web4 4096 Dec 3 17:05 wiki.disabled drwxr-xr-x 15 admin web4 4096 Dec 3 17:25 wikif drwxr-xr-x 2 admin web4 4096 Dec 3 17:10 wiki.sdfsd the wiki* are renamed folders to test this occurence..
How does this output change if you use an FTP client and try to rename the wiki directory a) using an IP address to connect b) using an FQDN?
I really don't know. If you want, I can give you access to the server to do all your tests and stuff. Basically, I rename "wiki" to "wiki.old". "wiki.old" is a valid folder with valid contents. I create a new "wiki" and upon entering the folder I see all the old contents there. As previously mentioned, I did not check if it was a symlink or a copy. Please PM if you want the details. Cheers.
Just do what you did at the beginning of the thread (trying to rename the folder with your FTP client) and then post the output of Code: ls -la ... here again.
Test performed solely on folders. 1) Create A 2) Create A/B Code: total 28 drwxrwxr-x 7 fusionstream web3 4096 Dec 13 22:03 . drwxr-xr-x 9 fusionstream web3 4096 Dec 13 19:52 .. drwxr-xr-x 3 fusionstream web3 4096 Dec 13 22:03 A drwxr-xr-x 2 fusionstream web3 4096 Dec 13 19:01 awstats drwxrwxr-x 2 fusionstream web3 4096 Dec 1 13:21 error -rw-rw-r-- 1 fusionstream web3 100 Dec 11 12:17 index.html drwxr-xr-x 4 fusionstream web3 4096 Dec 10 23:32 mirror drwxr-xr-x 2 fusionstream web3 4096 Dec 2 04:00 stats 3) Rename A to A.old Code: total 32 drwxrwxr-x 7 fusionstream web3 4096 Dec 13 22:04 . drwxr-xr-x 9 fusionstream web3 4096 Dec 13 19:52 .. drwxr-xr-x 3 fusionstream web3 4096 Dec 13 22:03 A.old drwxr-xr-x 2 fusionstream web3 4096 Dec 13 19:01 awstats drwxrwxr-x 2 fusionstream web3 4096 Dec 1 13:21 error -rw-rw-r-- 1 fusionstream web3 100 Dec 11 12:17 index.html drwxr-xr-x 4 fusionstream web3 4096 Dec 10 23:32 mirror drwxr-xr-x 2 fusionstream web3 4096 Dec 2 04:00 stats 4) Create A (A contains B) Code: total 36 drwxrwxr-x 8 fusionstream web3 4096 Dec 13 22:04 . drwxr-xr-x 9 fusionstream web3 4096 Dec 13 19:52 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 fusionstream web3 4096 Dec 13 22:04 A drwxr-xr-x 3 fusionstream web3 4096 Dec 13 22:03 A.old drwxr-xr-x 2 fusionstream web3 4096 Dec 13 19:01 awstats drwxrwxr-x 2 fusionstream web3 4096 Dec 1 13:21 error -rw-rw-r-- 1 fusionstream web3 100 Dec 11 12:17 index.html drwxr-xr-x 4 fusionstream web3 4096 Dec 10 23:32 mirror drwxr-xr-x 2 fusionstream web3 4096 Dec 2 04:00 stats 4.1) A/B cannot be renamed via FTP Code: RNFR B 550 B: No such file or directory Rename Failure 4.2) Unable to enter/delete A/B via FTP Code: CWD /web/A/B 550 /web/A/B: No such file or directory PORT 192,168,1,99,12,142 4.3) Unable to enter A/B via HTTP access via HTTP reveals 404 error while trying to access A/B 4.4) Refresh of A via FTP makes A/B disappear 4.5) #DIR of A does not reveal A/B 4.6) #DIR of A.old reveals A.old/B Deletion of folder and recreation does not display this problem. Connecting to the server's FQDN also "solves" this problem. I'm beginning to think this has got more to do with proftpd.
