Re: Unix problem HELP me please....!

From: Stephane Faroult <sfaroult_at_oriole.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 21:40:07 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.003509EE.20010720214022@fatcity.com>

Sinardy wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> In my Solaris 7 I have
>
> .................................
> In server site
>
> todaydate=`date '.....
>
> /data/$todaydate/myfile1.tar
> /data/$todaydate/myfile2.tar
>
> Because this file is created daily so I create a softlink to this file (to
> make the ftp user essayer)
>
> $ ln -s /data/$todaydate /data/todayfile
> $ chmod 777 /data/todayfile
>
> ............................
> In client site when the user (ftp user)
>
> ftp> cd /data/todayfile
> ...Permission denied
>
> ................................
> Do I have to copy all those files into a physical directory ?
> Can I go to my softlink and what is the permission required?
>
> Thank you guys,
> regards,
> Sinardy
>

Check permissions on /data, it may not be readable by the ftp user. Also, your chmod changes permissions on the file, not the link itself. Some Unixes do not use link permissions, Solaris 7 may. 'man chmod' will tell you whether there is a flag to specifically change permissions on the link (if there is one, it is likely to be -h).

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