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I have 2 folder:

/var/www/project1/
/var/www/repository/module/

and I have this symbolic link:

/var/www/project1/module/News => /var/www/repository/module/News

I know the target is outside the ftp root folder. But I want to make proFTPd to be able to display&follow that symbolic link. The security is NOT a matter, we use that FTP on the local network for development purpose only.

Ps.: I also use GADMIN-PROFTPD, and I installed everything by default, using apt-get install.

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I think you have to make the DefaultRoot path more loose, I'm afraid proftpd cannot handle symlinks outside this chroot jail. So basically you can symlink, but only inside the DefaultRoot folder.

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Follow this link http://www.proftpd.org/docs/howto/Chroot.html

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Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference. – fossfreedom♦ Apr 3 '12 at 21:50

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