FTP Root ignored ?

I am setting up FTP access to my OS X ( 10.4 ) server, and I set the FTP Root folder to be the web folder on the server. ( /Library/WebServer/Documents ). When I login as one ofthe users, say "admin", instead of going to the FTP Root, I just get that users Home Directory. I have restarted the FTP service many times with no change. This doesn't change with a terminal FTP login or "Conect to Server " connection or HTML connection. Even more distressing is that on a PC, if you use a browser and login, you get an HTML style list of files of the user's directory, but you can also go up one level multiple times anmd see a LOT more folders than I want ! We experimented with just the Admin user loggin in, so they have more rights, but....I just want a single folder where Web Page stuff can be copied up. How can I get this accomplished ?

What do you have selected in 'Server Admin > FTP > Settings > Authenticated Users See?' Sounds like it might be Home Directory Only. You could try 'FTP Root and Share Points' instead, and give the users no access to the share points (using ACL's).
What you're seeing in a web browser is the same thing you can probably see in an FTP app. In your FTP app, see if you can issue a raw ftp command, and try 'cd ..' and see where it takes you.
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