[Bug 508785] [NEW] Symbolic links by FTP connection are opened as absolute path

[Bruce]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: mc

I am using Pure-FTPd on server, which allows symbolic links in virtual
chroot to go outside of the chroot. I tryied 4 different FTP clients on
Windows, everyone opens the symbolic link correctly (CWD linkname), but
when I try it with Midnight Commander, he tryies open the link with
absolute path:

Server directory structure:

/var/www/login/
|-logs
|-ftp
| |- logs -> /var/www/login/logs
| |- somefiles

Chroot is on ftp directory. When I try some FTP clients, everyone opens
the logs symlink with 'CWD logs' but Midnight Commander executes 'CWD
//var/www/login' (this I get from packet sniffer, perhaps he tryies to
open the absolute path, then the requested directory).

I just tryied the Nautilus, the behaviour is the same as Midnight
Commander, FileZilla works ok.

Ubuntu 9.10
mc 2:4.6.2-2ubuntu1

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jan 17 16:05:00 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: mc 2:4.6.2-2ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
SourcePackage: mc
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic x86_64

** Affects: mc (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug

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