FTP problem to Name Based Virtual Server Web Site

[Sannyasin Sivakatirswami]

Dave, you got it... Thank you!

> With ftp://dave:pass@192.168.123.7/../../, I get a listing of the root  
> volume.

works...

and

put url  
"ftp://jiva%40hheonline.org:password@55.55.55.55/../../var/www/ 
formdata/guestbook.dat"

pulls down the data...


see below.

libURL is just fine ;-)

case closed.



On Jun 4, 2004, at 9:03 AM, Dave Cragg wrote:

> At 7:09 pm -1000 3/6/04, Sannyasin Sivakatirswami wrote:
>
>
>> Ok here we go with logs:
>>
>> ftp://jiva%40hheonline.org:password@55.55.55.555//home/jiva/ 
>> mainwebsite_html/
>>
> [snip]

> What happens when you you get the same url but with a single slash  
> instead of a double slash? I'm guessing you will get the same result.

right, same result
>
> Similarly, what happens in Rev when you get the same url, but with a  
> single slash? Again, I'm guessing you will get the same.
>
>
>> == back to interarchy:
>>
>> ftp://jiva%40hheonline.org:password@555.55.55.55//
>>
right, same result

> Again, do you get something different from Interarchy when you use a  
> single slash?

right, same result... I always get thrown back to the USER home  
directory...
>
> Here is a quick summary of how libUrl constructs the paths it uses in  
> calls to an ftp server.
>
> [snip]
>
> If the current working directory doesn't match the path in the url,  
> then libUrl prepends the current working diectory to the path in the  
> url. So, for example, if I call  
> ftp://dave:pass@192.168.123.7/Documents libUrl will also get a listing  
> of /Users/dave/Documents.
>
> I may be wrong, but I think this is how it should be.

Yes, probably so. I don't know much about these virtual  
servers-domains. When we got our new managed server I didn't expect,  
upon "create name based site" that it would generate an entire virtual  
server... "web sites on steroids"  It's a model for those who are  
selling web space, which we are not...  But I can see the advantages  
from a security point of view... it means I could delegate content  
management for a particular site to a remote user and he can really do  
much to my server, so that's a good thing. and locking in FTP call to a  
particular web site on the server must be what this is all about
>
> If you want to climb back up the file hierarchy, you can use "../".
>
> For example, ftp://dave:pass@192.168.123.7/../ will return a listing  
> of the /Users directory.
>
> With ftp://dave:pass@192.168.123.7/../../, I get a listing of the root  
> volume.

That works!

Thanks again.
>
> I think you should be able to get what you need in this way.
>
> Cheers
> Dave