Im trying to create a symlink in a users folder, but it doesnt work.

im trying to make a link to /home/icartbk using:

cd /home/mnahost
ln -s /home/icartbk /icart

but if i FTP in to the account and try and access icart it returns:

COMMAND:> CWD icart
550 icart: No such file or directory

I know the directory exists, and there are files in it.

Am I supposed to do somthing else?

cd /home/mnahost;ln -s /home/icartbk icart

Drop the / off the icart.

Nope!

still doesnt work.......its still says no such file or directory

there must be somthing else ive missed

Not all daemons will follow symlinks (due to security reasons or due to chroot()'ing).

Which daemon are you running and is it chrooted()?

how do i find that out ?

i would of thought it would work as it already has /www pointing to /home/user/public_html