How can I create symlinks, that it can see users over FTP-.

Question

Hi,
I have started FTP on my Mac OS X 10.8 Server. And I need now in the FTP folder to add (link) some other directories, that I need, that the people can reach.
I try it via symlink, but the FTP doesn't see it. I can see it only over sFTP, but when I try to go to this directory, I have only errors "Can't access it". I try to set permissions too, but nothings helped.
Please can anybody help me and tell me, how can I add links, that it's seen and accessible over FTP.
Thanks.

Answer 1

Better?  Safer?  Sure.  Don't use ftp.  Intercepting ftp traffic is trivial, which means you're basically posting your login credentials.  Who knows what will then gets transferred to the ftp server.
In general, you're looking for the classic use of a dropbox; a classic lowercase-d dropbox, and not the cloud-based file-sharing service now known by that name.
For folks that need access to specific folders, I'd set up a login that only has access to the target folder(s), and would then set up the dropbox folder to allow only write-only access for that login, and probably then with a folder action or a local service or a cron or launchd job that moves the arriving files somewhere else.
Note that this appears more complex than you're probably considering with ftp not because of the use of sftp, but because allowing even remote ftp users read access into the dropbox cab lead to the same problems — exposed credentials meanthat  the other contents of the dropbox are exposed, and remote users can load all sorts of stuff into the dropbox.
Here's a Google version of the dropbox and a Superuser discussion.  I don't know of a pre-packaged packaged ftp or sftp server or an available set-up script that provides the dropbox features off-hand, but I'd look for third-party clients such as Rumpus, and see if one of those has that feature.