Trying to give remote user FTP access to external HDD connected to my iMac

This gets a little complicated, so bear with me.
I have an external hard drive connected via FireWire to my iMac. I have a remote user that I want to be able to access this hard drive via FTP.
Here's what I've done so far:
1) I've given the iMac a static IP on the local network.
2) I've forwarded port 21 to said IP address via my Airport Extreme.
3) I've given the user her own account on my iMac.
4) I've turned on file sharing in System Preferences, and the user has read & write permissions. I've also enabled FTP access to the iMac.
5) I've added the external drive to the Shared Folders list, and given the user read & write permissions.
When the user attempts to FTP into my iMac, she is prompted for a user name and password. She authenticates and is redirected to her home folder on my iMac. She can read and write to this folder, but the external drive is nowhere to be found.
I'm sure I've just missed a small detail. Does anyone have any ideas?

I came up with a work around, if anyone is interested.
In user accounts system preferences, I edited advanced options for the user I want to give access to. I changed the location of her home directory to the external hard drive. Now every time she logs in, she's directed straight to the external.

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