cant create dirs from vsftpd

[Daniel J Walsh]

Peter Magnusson wrote:

> On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Lamont R. Peterson wrote:
>
>>>>> Also, Im not so sure that I like that I cant see alot of dirs when Im
>>>>> logged in at the ftp.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Give specific examples, and why you think FTP should be able to see 
>>>> that
>>>
>>>
>>> system dirs, like /bin in the root and a few dirs and files in my 
>>> homedir.
>>>
>>>> dir? Most security people would consider this behavior in general a
>>>> feature rather than a bug - but if there's a *specific* corner case 
>>>> that
>>>> needs different treatment, we probably can fix it.
>>>
>>>
>>> I expect to see the same files as when I login over ssh or sits in 
>>> front of
>>> the computer. I dont see why vsftpd should be special in any way so 
>>> I dont
>>> see some dirs or files.
>>
>>
>> Perhaps, I'm just a little bit confused.  Are you wanting your FTP 
>> server to
>> provide access to the entire filesystem space?  It seems like that is 
>> what
>> you are asking for and that is not how FTP works.
>
>
> Correct!
> My non-anonymous vsftpd server under FC3 works exactly like that. But 
> selinux in FC4 have problems with that. The polcy is broken.
>
Then you can turn off selinux protection on the ftpd server.

>> FTP like HTTP serves up files only from a subset of the filesystem 
>> space.  You
>> wouldn't want your web server providing access to the entire filesystem,
>> would you?  The same is true of FTP.
>>
>> Please, if I am misunderstanding what you are trying to accomplish 
>> here, feel
>> free to explain it.
>
>
> Yes, you are. Im NOT talking about an anonymous ftp server. I login 
> with my user and I expect to have the same files available as when I 
> login over ssh or sits in front of the computer.
>
>
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