[PATCH] setup ftpd root before task start

[Gedare Bloom]

Hi,
I have filed PR 1998 (
https://www.rtems.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1998 ) to track this
issue.

Does this bug affect only 4.11 or should it be back-ported to older rtems?

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Xiangfu Liu <xiangfu at sharism.cc> wrote:
> Hi
>
> sorry, forget describe the bug. here is our ftpd configuration:
> ~~~
> struct rtems_ftpd_configuration rtems_ftpd_configuration = {
>        20,                     /* FTPD task priority */
>        512*1024,               /* Maximum hook 'file' size */
>        0,                      /* Use default port */
>        ftp_hooks,              /* Local ftp hooks */
>        "/ssd/",                /* Root */
>        3,                      /* Task count */
>        3600,                   /* Idle timeout */
>        0,                      /* Access */
>        sysconfig_login_check   /* Login */
> };
> ~~~
>
> without this patch the FTPD_ROOT never works. by look into
> 'cpukit/ftpd/ftpd.c' function: 'session(rtems_task_argument arg)'
>
> the first time it try to 'chroot(ftpd_root)' the ftpd_root still
> not setup to '/ssd/'. but this function success return. which make
> the second 'chroot(ftpd_root)' never called.
>
> this patch just move the ftpd root dir setup before the task start.
> then it will setup the 'ftpd_root' before run function 'session'
>
> xiangfu
>
> On 12/21/2011 02:18 AM, Gedare Bloom wrote:
>>
>> Does this patch fix some bug / what is the reason for it?
>
>