FTP Problem with Network Places

[Doug Smith]

I am trying to navigate a Linux machine using the FTP feature in the
Netowrk Places folder. When I connect to the Linux box, I am placed
in my user's home directory. I need to navigate to the root (i.e.
'/') but I can't seem to figure out how to change to the root
directory. I've tried things like:



ftp://mymachine/../..



but it isn't working. I get a "The page cannot be displayed" error
page in the window when I try it.



Ideas?

 

[Jack Turner]

According to the RHCE study guide:

"the FTP server does not follow symbolic links, so the
directories must be subdirectories of the directory
designated as the home directory of the ftp user,
generally /home/ftp."

It does mention that you could try to provide access via
NFS, and export the directories to which you need access.

Hope this helps.

Thanks, Jack