anoymous ftp account can't be a softlink

[Sebastien Masson]

Hi all,

Someone can tell me why ftpd can't do a chroot in a path with a softlink for the anonymous account when with the (1M) chroot command it's works ?! I know, the man page said the ftp anonymous home can't be a softlink, but someone can told me what is the reason of that....

[Animesh Chakraborty]

Hi,
Here is a document I found.


Description : anon ftp user cannot cd to linked automounted nfs file
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Problem Description

When I ftp as an anonymous user I cannot cd to a linked
automounted nfs file. Why not?

Configuration Info

Operating System - HP-UX
Version -
Hardware System - HP 9000
Series -

Solution

You attempted to cd to a link that will violate the directory
restrictions put on an anon (anonymous) user (anonymous users
get chroot). In this case another login works so anonymous
logins cannot follow links outside the restricted area. Testing
showed that anon users apparently cannot follow links at all.