FTP to a different directory than $HOME on connect

[phishman00]

I am trying to allow some very simple business users to FTP to a UNIX box in as simplified a way as possible to put several files in a specific directory. Their target directory is quite long, however, so I was trying to find a way to redirect them on FTP login to a different directory without them typing in "cd /

http://wwwprod/docs/blah/blah/blah/etc"?

Can I do it in .profile?

thx

 

[jamisar]

why you don't install a gui-based ftp tool ?

 

[jad]

go to their home directories and type:

ln -s /[URL unfurl="true"]wwwprod/docs/blah/blah/blah/etc[/URL] blahetc

then all they should have to do is 'cd blahetc' to get to the correct destination.

 

[irixfan]

Some things can also be automated in ftp by creating a .netrc file in home directory. This may contain default or machine specific macros something like:

macdef init
cd /

http://wwwprod/docs/blah/blah/blah/etc

See man ftp for details.

 

[phishman00]

Thanks for the tips. I modified the .netrc file per recommendation. (Installing a gui on their desktops would have required our corporate legal department to authorize the installation, too much work)