RE: Are we done with draft-hoffman-ftp-uri-02.txt?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: uri-request@w3.org [mailto:uri-request@w3.org] On 
> Behalf Of Paul Hoffman / IMC
> 
> To which Alun replied:
> 
> >No.  If the user isn't allowed outside of his subtree, the 
> user will not
> >be allowed outside of his subtree.  He will receive access errors, or
> >more likely, will already be prevented from going outside 
> his subtree.
> >Usually this is accomplished by hiding anything outside of the home
> >directory, and treating all absolute path names as paths 
> relative to the
> >home directory.
> 
> Actually, I think Alun meant to start with "Yes", as in, "the servers 
> should avoid that". And they do (at least every single one I have 
> used does). This has nothing to do with the URI scheme. The rest of 
> what Alun says matches my experience.

No, you are absolutely correct. :)

Alun.
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