Re: [Proftpd-user] proftpd-1.3.6 symlink issue

so why don't you create them properly?
>>> >I have created the symlink correctly and it is fine if I switch back to proftpd-1.3.5rc1 but I am having this problem only with proftpd-1.3.6?

**proftpd displaying correct symlink target with proftpd-1.3.5rc1**
# pwd
/tower/data/archive/public
#ls -lt
drwxrwxr-x 10 1031 504 13 Apr 24 13:49 pub
- lrwxrwxrwx  1  509 504 18 Sep 26  2012 000_readme.txt -> pub/000_readme.txt
-lrwxrwxrwx  1 1031 504 24 Sep 25  2012 filelist.gz -> pub/catalogs/filelist.gz

**proftpd displaying Incorrect symlink target with proftpd-1.3.6**
#ls -lt
drwxrwxr-x 10 1031 504 13 Apr 24 13:49 pub
- lrwxrwxrwx  1  509 504 18 Sep 26  2012 000_readme.txt -> 000_readme.txt/pub/000_readme.txt
-lrwxrwxrwx  1 1031 504 24 Sep 25  2012 filelist.gz -> filelist.gz/pub/catalogs/filelist.gz

Please note that in the above examples "pub" and "catalogs" are subdirectory within the chroot (/tower/data/archive/public/).

Thank you.
Uthra





-----Original Message-----
From: Matus UHLAR - fantomas [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 11:40 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Proftpd-user] proftpd-1.3.6 symlink issue

On 19.04.17 12:47, Rao, Uthra R. (GSFC-672.0)[ADNET SYSTEMS INC] wrote:
>who creates those symlinks?
>>>These symlinks are created by me manually.

manually? on the filesystem or though proftpd?
so why don't you create them properly?

>This was working fine in version proftpd-1.3.5rc1. We recently upgraded to version proftpd-1.3.6 and we now see a problem with the symlink.

I have explained how symlinks work. You have said you create symlinks manually, you just have to create them using proper way

(switching to mod_vroot is NOT a solution to this problem)

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Matus UHLAR - fantomas [mailto:[email protected]]
>Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 5:46 AM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Proftpd-user] proftpd-1.3.6 symlink issue
>
>On 18.04.17 16:21, Rao, Uthra R. (GSFC-672.0)[ADNET SYSTEMS INC] wrote:
>>I have compiled and installed proftpd-1.3.6 on my RHEL6 server. I 
>>noticed  that the symlinks are broken and it is not showing the 
>>correct path.  The  name of the symlink is being added to the path of 
>>the symlink in the  anonymous chroot.
>
>>Please see below:
>>
>>Incorrect path:
>>lrwxrwxrwx   1 user1   group1         18 Sep 26  2012 000_readme.txt -> /000_readme.txt/pub/000_readme.txt
>>
>>Correct path:
>>lrwxrwxrwx   1 user1   group1         18 Sep 26  2012 000_readme.txt -> pub/000_readme.txt
>
>who creates those symlinks?
>
>>I am not sure why it is adding the name of the file to the beginning of the path. This looks like a bug? Has anyone encountered this issue?
>>Please let me know if there is a workaround for this? Thank you.
>
>symlinks are interpreted relative to chroot by the OS.
>(or, by proftpd when using mod_vroot).
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