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Date:	Thu, 25 Jun 1998 23:05:48 PST8PDT
From:	Robert Blair <blairra@tstonramp.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: FTP Server: File System

** Reply to note from scoug-programming@scoug.com Sun, 21 Jun 1998 14:08:24 PST8PDT

> Rollin stated that, for security reasons, we want the actual file system
> to be hidden from the user. For example, the user sees
>
> /graphics/
> /greg/
> /new/
> /programs/
> /upload/
>
> when the actual file system is
>
> d:\imaging\apps\graphics\
> f:\users\greg\
> e:\webmast\reviewed\new\
> d:\apps\programs\
> e:\webmast\incoming\upload\
>
> Rollin also asked how best to handle target directories with the same
> name that are on different paths, i.e. how to give the user access to
> both
>
> g:\pgms
> h:\pgms
>
> since if we hide the true file system then the user ends up with the
> undesirable
>
> /pgms
> /pgms

Make a table of "actual name" - "virtual name"

taking the example above

d:\imaging\apps\graphics\ /graphics/
f:\users\greg\ /greg/
e:\webmast\reviewed\new\ /new/
d:\apps\programs\ /programs/
e:\webmast\incoming\upload\ /upload/

then the following is easy

g:\pgms /pgms1
h:\pgms /pgms2

This way even the real directory names can be hidden completely.

Robert Blair
blairra@tstonramp.com

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