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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks for the offer. I also use 3.5.3 and reinstalled with no change. I switched to SFTP and it works just fine. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Since this specific server deployment is being phased out I think I’ll let it ride and not worry about the actual fix. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> blueonyx-bounces@mail.blueonyx.it [mailto:blueonyx-bounces@mail.blueonyx.it] <b>On Behalf Of </b>jeffrey Pellin - PX2<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 31, 2012 7:40 AM<br><b>To:</b> BlueOnyx General Mailing List<br><b>Subject:</b> [BlueOnyx:11247] Re: Slightly OT: Filezilla client not recognizing the site symlinks<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p>I use Filezilla on my production BO boxes and I cant reproduce this - I follow the symlinks fine. However I always use sftp to connect.<o:p></o:p></p><p>I am currently using 3.5.3.<o:p></o:p></p><p>If you wanted to set me up a test account on your box I would be happy to see if I could follow the links. If I can it's a prob with your Filezilla install, if not it must be something weird on your box.<o:p></o:p></p><p>You could try SFTP to see if it makes a difference.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Regards<o:p></o:p></p><p>Jeffrey<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>---<o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in'><tr><td colspan=2 style='border:none;border-top:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="40%" valign=top style='width:40.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.25pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jeffrey Pellin</span></strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Director</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br><a href="http://www.quick-websites.co.uk" target=nw><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jeffrey Pellin Consultancy Ltd</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="40%" valign=top style='width:40.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 11.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.25pt'><strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#999999'>Work:</span></strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 01692 558226<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#999999'>Mobile:</span></strong> 07768 451738 <br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#999999'>Email:</span></strong> <a href="mailto:jeffrey@pellin.co.uk" target=nw><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>jeffrey@pellin.co.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='margin-top:3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.25pt'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=14 height=14 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CD875B.BCC62B90" alt="Description: Image removed by sender."></span><strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/jeffrey-pellin/15/a85/3b0" target=nw>Professional Profile</a></span></strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td><td width="20%" valign=top style='width:20.0%;padding:0in 11.25pt 0in 11.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:11.25pt'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Description: Image removed by sender. Jeffrey Pellin"></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:1.5pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/53425140/?hs=false&tok=13wzr5NHSChl41" target=nw>See who we know in common</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:1.5pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p>On 30.08.2012 19:41, Roy Urick wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #1010FF 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I’ve used Filezilla for years on BO/BX platforms to move my site data on and off. I just tried using it again on my current production box and noticed an odd (and HIGHLY annoying) behavior. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>When I hit the /home directory and try to follow one of the named symlinks to the sites (/home/sites/<a href="http://www.site.com">www.site.com</a>) filezilla thinks it’s a file and not a directory. I just get a “not a regular file” error and have to manually track down the actual website under .sites by directory number. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I can follow the symlinks just fine if I use the dos ftp client. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Any ideas? <o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>