Bruce, Sym linking (with -s) should not remove the main web directory, just the symlink entry. In Linux/Unix, directories and files are not removed until all pointers to it are gone.
Herb Bruce Timberlake wrote: > > Just change your proftpd.conf by adding the line below within the > > <Global> section: > > > > DefaultChdir ../../web site-adm > > > > It will start the admin users off within the main /web directory > > instead of their user directory. > > This is the preferred method of doing this (if the users can't figure > out how to set default remote directory in their FTP program). > > Symlinking their home directory, or editing the user configuration to > put the site directory as their home directory is BAD and DANGEROUS: > when a user is removed from the system, their home directory is > automatically and completely destroyed as well. If their "home" dir is > the site dir, your entire website goes away in the blink of an eye. > > -- > Bruce Timberlake > Linux/Cobalt Technology Engineer > Communications Market Area > Sun Microsystems - San Diego, CA > > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > T: 877-718-3569 / x69369 > > _______________________________________________ > cobalt-developers mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-developers -- Herb Rubin Pathfinders Software [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pfinders.com phone: 650-692-9220 fax: 650-692-9250 _______________________________________________ cobalt-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-developers
