Re: getwd problem

Thanks! This helped me figure it out.

Nita

Robert Binkley wrote:
Go through each of the directories in the path to
these users. Since the login sets the home directory, it's able to
seek it before starting the user's actual shell. If
you log in as one of these users and:

cd / cd $HOME


I'm pretty sure the second step will fail.

Check each directory's permissions and ensure that
they are all chmod'd to a+rx.

Additionally, dismount the filesystem and ensure that
the mount point's permissions include go+rx ...




--- Nita Hyde <hydejl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


I have been working on tightening down my ftp
security which seems to be OK. I can ftp to valid accounts with no problem
and that user can go nowhere outside of that account. However, in the
process, I have changed lots of permissions and now when I use
something like WS_FTP, I get "directory identifier unavailable" and I receive
the error "550 The getwd subroutine failed". If anyone knows what I
need to reset to get this subroutine to execute again, I would greatly
appreciate it.

Thanks,
Nita
--
Nita Hyde, Systems Programmer
Information Resources
School Board of Alachua County
620 East University Avenue
Gainesville, FL. 32601
(352) 955-7500 Ext. 248




Robert Lee Binkley leebinkley@xxxxxxxxx
IBM AIX Specialist Certified HP-UX System Administration Certified Work It's Nice To Be Important But It's More Important To Be Nice

--
Nita Hyde, Systems Programmer
Information Resources
School Board of Alachua County
620 East University Avenue
Gainesville, FL. 32601
(352) 955-7500 Ext. 248

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