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Old 01-27-2011
Landing location after FTP.
Hi,
I have a requirement that my server receives files from a third party. For this a new user(vendor) has been created and given to the vendor with the default home directory as /home/vendor on my server where he will be placed as soon as he logs into my server. Due to space issues on /home I would want the files to be placed on some other directory(/others/files/) as soon as the vendor logs in from his server using FTP protocol to transfer the files.

I know that we can use the usermod command to change the default HOME for the user so that the files land directly in /others/files/.

Is there a way of using symbolic links for this requirement? I would not like the files be be present physically on the /home/vendor. Any other viable option is welcomed as well.
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Old 01-27-2011
Yes, you can create a soft link pointing to whatever location you want.

Code:
ln -s /others/files /home/vendor

Or make "/others/files" the home directory for "vendor"?
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Old 01-27-2011
You can make that his home dir, or replace the home dir with a sybolic link to that.
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