FTP server - hide share points?

10.5 Server, relatively minor issue.
FTP is set up, with the intent of having a single FTP repository for outside folks to access. I've set up a local user account with no home folder. FTP Server setting is "Home directory only."
When the FTP user logs in, they go to the proper directory (the FTP root), with full access to that directory.
The minor issue is that the FTP user see the names of (as folders) for other server shares. They can't access those shares so it's not the end of the world ("permission denied"). It however makes me nervous that some other unintended change should allow users into the other shares. I'd rather not show them at all.
It appears the server daemon adds these aliases/hard links to the FTP directory itself. I can delete them, but they're recreated by the server.
I gave the ftp user a home directory matching the FTP root, and I get the same results.
What I'd like is a drop into the FTP root, without even seeing the existence of other shares.
Any way to do this?
Thanks!

Hi,
Did you guys find out a way to do this under 10.5.x...?
I presume that we need to manipulate the files here:
/Library/ftpserver/Configuration
I guess there is some "mask" or way to do this.
I'm using PureFTP on my other Xserve, running 10.4.x, ... however the pain there is that you have to manually create user/pass for each user. At least this way you don't have to worry about setting up extra stuff.
I'd also like a way to be able to setup my Admin FTP account, so that it has "/" root access, even though the default is to show them only their Home Folders.
Anyone cracked this..?
Cheers,
Steve

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I've installed and configured Lion Server on an old iMac that suddenly became available when I upgraded to a new iMac. I've got a share point on there. It was easy. Love it.
My bookkeeper comes into my office once a week and works on that iMac. He already has a regular user account set up there. He needs to access the sharepoint that is on that iMac he's using, and which is now running Lion Server. But I can't see the server from his account, and I can't manually connect to it - I get an error to connect locally on the Mac instead.
But I can't navigate to the point in the user account that I'm using as a file serving account to get him access to the directory I'm sharing.
So, in short, how does a local user on an iMac running Lion Server connect to the server's sharepoints?

All drives are now listed under volumes both local and remote.
I would try the fullpath using /Volumes/....
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I logged into the FTP share on my Mac, and even through logged in using the owner of the share, I can't move or create folders/documents. If I Get Info for the share on my Mac the permissions are set as ready only?
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No a folder/share called 'user1' is where i am aiming, not 'test'. I no longer see 'that' test folder although ive been messing and deleted all the shortcuts in /Lib/FTPServer/FTProot
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(single head) 'admin account (Me)' - Read & Write
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Does the username you're logging into here with ftp have access to the files and shares involved? That's the first test. Try accessing the file(s) involved without having ftp involved.
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How do i default this back to a standard set?
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