Linux FTP and virtual directories?!
Why can’t linux ftp daemons handle virtual directories?! It seems that pretty much all their Window’s counterparts are able too. It’s almost like it is a forgien concept. In linux, it is refered to as a chroot() jail. Which is cool cus it locks a user into a particular directory. But all of them use the unix chroot() system function, which breaks symlinks (another unix system function) that point outside of the chrooted directory.
How about the developers make there own functions that can handle both of these? I mean come on, it can’t be that hard. For small sites it is nice to not use system accounts for FTP users, since FTP is such an old, and unsecure protocol.
If anyone can point me towards a daemon that can handle them nicely, I’d be greatful.
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