sure you did. but could you explain me why the 'ls' command into a ftp
server?? further, which directory it should be copied?

thanks,

Romulo

On 11/8/05, Alan Ianson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue November 8 2005 01:14 pm, Romulo Sousa wrote:
> > On 11/8/05, Alan Ianson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Tue November 8 2005 12:16 pm, Romulo Sousa wrote:
> > > > Hi folks,
> > > >
> > > > I'm configuring a guest ftp server. The user is authenticated
> > > > normally. When the user try to view the context of the directory,
> > > > nothing show them up after an upload of a file. But when I list this
> > > > directory via ssh, I notice the file is there (though I can't see it
> > > > neither via ftp client nor via browser).
> > > > The unique howto that I've see about this told me the following:
> > > >
> > > > "NOTE WELL: if you cannot see the directory contents after you login
> > > > as the guest user, the 'ls' program that you installed is not working.
> > > > If you use an 'ls' linked for dynamic libraries, and you do not have
> > > > the required libraries and/or devices installed properly in the guest
> > > > tree, 'ls' will not work and you will not see the contents of the
> > > > guest directory."
> > > >
> > > > source: http://www.wu-ftpd.org/HOWTO/guest.HOWTO
> > > >
> > > > Sorry, but it didn't help to figure out this problem. Doesn't my 'ls'
> > > > work? If so, how should I reinstall it?
> > > >
> > > > I would be glad if somebody could help me w/ any documentation or even
> > > > w/ tips about what I might be doing for the context of my directory
> > > > simply is refusing to show me up.
> > >
> > > I use wu-ftpd here also, and haven't had any problems. It could be that
> > > the user doesn't have permission to view the incoming directory? I have
> > > never used it as yet, my server is an anonymous server so various folks
> > > can grab files and I've not had problems with that.
> > >
> > > No one has ever uploaded anything here, so I have never gotten any
> > > reports of problems, but then no one has ever tried. :)
> > >
> > > Is it files in your incoming directory that your having problems with?
> >
> > should i create "/../../incoming" directory w/ this exactly name? or
> > directories such as:
> > /home/user/bin
> > /home/user/etc
> > /home/user/dev
> > must be created for any purpose?
> >
> > i'm trying to understand the logic involved. first look, i thought it
> > would be a closer configuration regarding squid.....but for a guest is
> > one and anonymous is another...then i'm dummed! :-P
> >
> > for a guest configuration i've done the following (w/ commands to be
> > shortly ok?) :
> > - adduser user
> > - addgroup client
> > - mkdir /home/user/directory (this is the default directory when users
> > access my box).
> > - chmod properly the directories created as well as their groups.
> > -> i've read about chroot users....but i didn't understand about it.
> > man pages didn't help me very much....
> > "chroot - run command or interactive shell with special root directory"
> > - configure my ftpaccess as i've read at
> > http://www.wu-ftpd.org/HOWTO/guest.HOWTO
>
> wu-ftpd only has access to it's home directory, it is chrooted or jailed there
> so no one can access the rest of your system from there. On my setup public
> files (for anyone, nobody cares who) go into the pub directory off wu-ftpd's
> home directory. If you want to give certain users access to certain
> directories you'll need to create those directories in wu-ftpd's home also
> with the appropriate permissions and setup in wu-ftpd's config.
>
> Hope that helps.. :)
>
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