On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Michael Jinks wrote:
> We have an RH5.0 machine functioning as an ftp server for our clients;
> each client has their own home directory and login. The directories all
> have read/write/execute permissions for the owner, as do all the files
> in them, but when I ftp to the machine as one of our users, ls comes
> back blank. I can get files if I know the names or use wildcards, but
> no ls.
>
> If I telnet as the user (which we don't allow for outside connections
> but which I can do internally), the files list just fine.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
The users home directory does not have the required files to allow the ls
command to work correctly in ftp. To fix the problem copy the basic
structure of the anon-ftp directory to the users home directory, (etc bin
lib and so on). Then nail the perms on these files/directories to the
floor.
Angus Black
Hiway Communications
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