----- Original Message ----- From: "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Drew Tomlinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 3:48 PM Subject: Re: ftpd and Internet Explorer 6
> Drew- > I missed the orig post somehow.. > So I'm curious how you attempted to use MSIE to get the file via FTP. > > If FTPD was configured correctly, it should have been as easy as typing this > in the address bad: > ftp://USER:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/dir/file.name > or just to the dir.. it should show up. It was. Everything was there except the symlink. As a workaround, I copied the files to the user's home directory and he was able to retrieve them. It's just the symlink that wouldn't show. > One thing to check, is that passive FTP is checked in Tools -> options -> > advanced tab. I didn't check that but it shouldn't matter as I could get the rest of the files. AFAIK, passive/active ftp settings wouldn't discriminate on symlinks only. They work on the connection as a whole and the fact that I could see or get anything means that this wasn't an issue. Thanks for your response. Drew > HTH, > John Ricker > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Drew Tomlinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "James Pole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 9:20 AM > Subject: Re: ftpd and Internet Explorer 6 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "James Pole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Drew Tomlinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 12:39 AM > > > > > > > On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 15:27, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > > > > I was attempting to allow a user to get some files via ftp from my > > FreeBSD > > > > 4.7 box using the ftp client built into MS Internet Explorer 6 (IE). > I > > > > created a guest account and set the shell to /sbin/nologin. That > > appears to > > > > work fine. Then I created a symlink to the directory that contains > the > > > > files for the user but the symlink doesn't appear in the files list in > > IE. > > > > All of the .files that were created by the adduser script do show. My > > > > directory looks like this: > > > > > > Why not just use Apache and get the user to get the file via HTTP. MSIE > > > is a web browser and not a FTP client, after all... > > > > Your idea is good for a ongoing permanent solution. However my situation > is > > more of a "one time" thing. As such, I just copied the files into the > guest > > account and the user was able to get them. But I still wonder if there is > a > > way... :) > > > > Thanks, > > > > Drew > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
