CentOS - Jun 2007 - Vsftpd problem

Hi all,

I have a filesystem which I need to make available through ftp ( vsftpd ).  I 
have this as separate filesystem as it needs to be available through apache 
and NFS also. It's our local mirror.
 
I've set up vsftpd and put a test directory in /var/ftp/pub and it works. 
However I can't seem to get it to see the separate /mirrors filesystem.

I've tried using symlinks as below in /var/ftp/pub.

drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 26 10:53 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 22 12:11 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   25 Jun 22 12:21 .message
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 22 15:25 TEST
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    8 Jun 26 10:53 mirrors -> /mirrors

I this case the TEST directory works but the mirrors directory does not.

ftp> cd mirrors
550 Failed to change directory.

I've also tried using mount --bind to remount the the /mirrors filesystem 
as /var/ftp/pub/mirrors. When I do this I can see the contents 
of /var/ftp/pub/mirrors

drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Jun 22 15:25 TEST
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 Jun 23 07:54 mirrors

ls  -al /var/ftp/pub/mirrors/

drwxr-xr-x 13 root   root   4096 Jun 23 07:54 .
drwxr-xr-x  4 root   root   4096 Jun 26 11:04 ..
drwxr-xr-x  9   1000   1000 4096 May 18 00:19 centos
drwxr-xr-x  6 ftp       803 4096 Mar 15 13:11 config-linux
drwxr-xr-x  4 apache apache 4096 Sep 21  2006 custom-repos

However when I try to ftp to it I can't see the mirrors directory

-rw-r--r--    1 ftp      ftp            25 Jun 22 12:21 .message
drwxr-xr-x    2 ftp      ftp          4096 Jun 22 15:25 TEST

Finally I've tried mounting it directly under /var/ftp/pub/mirrors

-rw-r--r--  1 root root   25 Jun 22 12:21 .message
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Jun 22 15:25 TEST
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 Jun 23 07:54 mirrors


But when I ftp into the box again I can't see the mirrors directory

ftp> ls
227 Entering Passive Mode (10,220,1,157,168,142)
150 Here comes the directory listing.
drwxr-xr-x    2 ftp      ftp          4096 Jun 22 15:25 TEST
226 Directory send OK.

 
Is this a permissions problem or does vsftpd not allow separate filesystems to 
be seen.

Regards,

Tony

On 6/26/07, Tony Molloy <tony.molloy at ul.ie> wrote:
> Is this a permissions problem or does vsftpd not allow separate filesystems
to
> be seen.
Have you looked in the log files for errors? Are you using selinux? If
you're using selinux, you'll have to adjust the contexts so that
vsftpd has access to /mirrors.


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