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From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FTP curios
Date: Sun, 26 May 1996 07:35:40 -0700
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Craig Stratton wrote:
> 
> I have recently installed wu-ftpd and have strange anomaly that
> paerhaps someone could explain.
> I have set up users,permissions,directories etc ok.
> If i ftp from the same machine and login as one of the real
> users, i can see no files in the directory.
> If i ftp from another bsd server, the same problem.
> But if i ftp from a dos pc using various ftp clients, i can see
> the files ok.
> Any thoughts on this anyone ?
> Regards, Craig.

Check the man page for ls. The normal U**x LS command does not display 
dotfiles (such as .profile) in regular use. However, you can use the -A 
option to see them. This option is automatic for root and the su, and 
seems to be specified by most non-U**x ftp clients. I certainly 
experience it with ws_ftp for Windows 3.1.

Cheers,

Ken