[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 14/11/2005 03:28:15 PM: > > > Roger Barnes wrote: > > > >>> Been using Proftp to serve up my ftp page, the problem is, I have > >>> now run out of disk space and want to access a directory on another > >>> disk. I know a symlink wont work because of the chroot set up, every
> >>> time I google I get the same answer, use mount --bind > >>> /some/directory/file1 /home/ftp/file1, this works when I browse my > >>> system, but when I try and access the directory from the net, I get > >>> permission denied. I'm puzzled, has anyone done this before ?? --snip-- > > Checked permissions, all files and directories have read permission, I > > did sudo chmod -R a+r /media/hdb/ubuntu just to make sure. > > still the same problem. This is what puzzles me, the permissions seem > > correct, I mounted it in the directory (which you can see on the ftp > > site) but get denied when trying to access it from the net. can access > > it in the directory on this computer, just not the net. So wondering > > if there is something I need to specify in the proftpd.conf file. I > > guess I better reply to that forum post so that guy can get his > > working too. > > > > tuxta > > Got it to work!! I tried changing the owner of the files to ftp , and it > worked, I cant understand why another user cant own the files as long as > there is read permission for others. Anyway, got it working, so thats > the main thing > You need read and execute permissions to traverse and list directories. chmod o+X would set execute bit for "others" on Directories only. > Tuxta -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
