I asked this question on the ProFTPD list, but I thought it might be more of a system question than an FTP server question. The more I look at the message, I think it's probably both.
My system, which is now working correctly after reboot testing following fstab changes discussed elsewhere, will serve files via FTP located on media mounted either via Windows share or network-attached storage. I only want certain directories from these sources to be accessible by the server. I'm symlinking all the top-level directories I want accessible to the login directory of the FTP account. Although there aren't more than ten of these, I'm wondering is this the right way to do this? I don't know of any other easy yet secure way to set this up. Thoughts and advice welcome.