allowing access to a single directory

2003-02-16 Thread Walter
Hi all, I want to allow an anonymous FTP user to see a directory in another slice, so I put a symbolic link to it. But then anyone could access my entire file system by appending combinations of ../ to a path name; e.g. ls share/../. Is there a way to stop this by only allowing access to the

Re: allowing access to a single directory

2003-02-16 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2003-02-16 09:30, Walter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to allow an anonymous FTP user to see a directory in another slice, so I put a symbolic link to it. But then anyone could access my entire file system by appending combinations of ../ to a path name; e.g. ls share/../. Is there a

Re: allowing access to a single directory

2003-02-16 Thread Walter
Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2003-02-16 09:30, Walter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to allow an anonymous FTP user to see a directory in another slice, so I put a symbolic link to it. But then anyone could access my entire file system by appending combinations of ../ to a path name; e.g. ls

Re: allowing access to a single directory

2003-02-16 Thread Bill Moran
Walter wrote: Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2003-02-16 09:30, Walter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to allow an anonymous FTP user to see a directory in another slice, so I put a symbolic link to it. But then anyone could access my entire file system by appending combinations of ../ to a path

Re: allowing access to a single directory

2003-02-16 Thread Walter
Bill Moran wrote: Walter wrote: Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2003-02-16 09:30, Walter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to allow an anonymous FTP user to see a directory in another slice, so I put a symbolic link to it. But then anyone could access my entire file system by appending

Re: allowing access to a single directory

2003-02-16 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2003-02-16 16:54, Walter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You could always move the FTP directory to a slice that has room. Yes, I actually thought of that, but then I'd leave my (in this case) /usr slice vulnerable to being filled-up with ... junk. Unless I put in quotas, I suppose. Hmmm. I'll