We use symbolic links to link the same file to more than one user. So the file actually sits in /files/common/documents/test.txt and is symbolically linked into /home/userA and /home/userB. For the next version of our code we intend to implement a custom filesystem that will remove the need for unix symlinks to achieve the same result.
Best Regards, Gary Bell Nilesh Apte <nilesh.apte13@gm ail.com> To "ftpserver-users@mina.apache.org" 15/12/2011 06:54 <ftpserver-users@mina.apache.org> cc Please respond to Subject ftpserver-users@m Accessing Files from other users ina.apache.org home folder? Hi: Can a ftp user access a file from other ftp users' home directory (or sub directory)? For example, 1. UserA has his home directory as /home/UserA 2. UserB has his home directory as /home/UserB 3. UserA has a file at following folder location, */home/UserA/documents/test.txt* 4. When UserB connect to apache ftp server, he will see "/" (which maps to /home/UserB) as his root directory. 5. Can UserB issue "*GET /home/UserA/documents/test.txt*" to retrieve the file? I tried "running ftp server stand alone in 5 minutes" link, and this seems to be not supported out of the box. I get "550 ... : No such file or directory" error. What is the recommended/best way to share files between various ftp users? Thanks, Nilesh.