"bind mount" is new to me. I looked it up on the Web. Very interesting! I'll give that a try first. I actually did a "duh!" by trying to symlink from /var/ftp to /data/debian (where I have the ISOs mounted). Not too smart since a symlink won't go outside the chroot() jail.
-- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Applications & Solutions Team +1.817.255.3225 This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Zimmerman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 9:02 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Installing Debian 3.0r1 (woody) on Hercules/390 > > > On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 08:57:14AM -0500, McKown, John wrote: > > > See, I said it was stupid. Thanks, I'll change the home > directory of "ftp" > > to "/" and try again tomorrow night (tonight is too busy). > This system is > > not on the Internet, just my home LAN. The PC on the > Internet has a paranoid > > firewall configuration, so I don't worry about that. > > You can accomplish the same thing without opening up your > entire system to > anonymous FTP by moving the files into "ftp"'s home directory > (or the web > server root), or bind-mounting the directory there. > > -- > - mdz >
