On 27 Jul 2000, Hasan Muhammad wrote (to the Wishlist forum):
> When users access their file directory via Windows they are directed
> to /home/../../username/home and they don't see the mail folders.
>
> When users access their file directory via
ftp://username@domain.com> they are directed to /home/../../username and they do see the mail
> folders. I wish they would be directed to /home/../../username/home.
>
> Anybody know a quick work-around?
Yes, you should customise your system so that it suits your requirements. There is documentation to help you do this at
http://www.e-smith.org/custom/. Please note that the documentation is now slightly out of date, and is being rewritten. In the meantime, I will give you the relevant differences here.
The template which you wish to modify is the template for /etc/proftpd.conf, which is found in the two files template-begin and template-end in the directory /etc/e-smith/templates/etc/proftpd.conf.
To modify the template, create a directory /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/proftpd.conf, and copy template-begin and template-end into that directory. Now edit those files, and use the command:
/sbin/e-smith/expand-template /etc/proftpd.conf
to instantiate the template, and install your newly customised proftpd configuration.
The templates-custom directory heirarchy has been added to preserve your custom modifications if you upgrade RPMS in your e-smith system, and to allow you to verify the integrity of your e-smith RPMS, and to allow you to quickly visualise your customisations ("diff -ru /etc/e-smith/templates*/etc/proftpd.conf/").
I hope this helps you and others who desire to customise their system.
regards
Charlie