I was going under the assumption Alias still worked the same for mod_ftp as
it did in core.
You'll notice aliasses don't get included in the directory index listing
either. Unless you create a folder :)

Glad it worked out.

~Jorge


On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 9:54 PM, bma srcds <[email protected]> wrote:

> awesome,so simple I am upset with myself for not trying it.
>
> I've tried creating url links, lnk links, nothing worked, can't believe I
> never thought of it.
> Seems to work a treat, must remember to add new directories though, would
> be nice for it to happen automatically.
> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Jorge Schrauwen <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Have you tried creating an empty directory called movies? All I can think
>> of.
>>
>> Jorge
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 5:29 PM, bma srcds <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> I have not heard anything on this yet, anyone ot any ideas? Would rewrite
>>> offer a solution?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>   On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Stuart Kenworthy <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  OS – Windows XP SP3
>>>>
>>>> Apache httpd version - 2.2.14
>>>>
>>>> Mod_ftp version - 0.9.7
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am currently running an apache http web server with the configuration
>>>> above and would like to implement the mod_ftp functionality within it. I
>>>> would like to know if there is any way to create a virtual directory tree 
>>>> to
>>>> represent folders accessible by the users that are outside that users
>>>> homedir or document root. A brief representation below
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> C:/
>>>>
>>>>     |-ftp/
>>>>
>>>>         |-documentroot/
>>>>
>>>>             |-user1/
>>>>
>>>>                 |-welcome.txt
>>>>
>>>> D:/
>>>>
>>>>     |-media/
>>>>
>>>>         |-video/
>>>>
>>>>             |-tournement1.avi
>>>>
>>>>             |-presentation1.avi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ftpd.conf has the following alias entry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Alias /movies D:/media/video
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> At present the user logs into the server with ftp://[email protected]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> And sees a directory containing only “welcome.txt”, this can be either
>>>> through a web interface or through a client like filezilla.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In order to see the video directory the user has to put in
>>>> ftp://[email protected]/movies
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is there any way to create a virtual representation to the movies alias
>>>> within user1’s home directory so using either a web interface or client 
>>>> they
>>>> would see this structure
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ftp://[email protected]
>>>>
>>>>     |-welcome.txt
>>>>
>>>>     |-movies
>>>>
>>>>         |-tournement1.avi
>>>>
>>>>         |-presentation1.avi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I currently user filezillas ftp server and wish to merge the ftp and
>>>> http functions together within apache. Filezilla has the capability to
>>>> create virtual directory trees and is the only thing I cannot figure out 
>>>> how
>>>> to do on apache’s mod_ftp.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

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