Troubleshooting
Problem
When using the SFTP server front side handler with a Multi-Protocol Gateway service that is configured with a static back-end, all paths are relative to the user directory on the back-end FTP server. How do you access files using an absolute path?
Symptom
Consider the following two examples of relative directory paths on the back-end FTP server:
Case 1: In this case, the effective default directory of the backend ftp server is /root/.
- The value of the SFTP server Default directory is "/"
- The value of the FTP back-end is ftp://root@ftpserver
A PUT request from the SFTP client of the file dir/file will be put on the /root/dir/file path of the FTP server.
A GET request from the SFTP client of the file /file will be fetched from the /root/file path of the FTP server.
- The value of the SFTP server Default Directory is /defaultdir
- The value of the FTP back-end is ftp://user@ftpserver
A PUT request from the SFTP client of the file dir/file will be put on the /home/user/defaultdir/dir/file path of the FTP server.
A GET request from the SFTP client of the file /file will be fetched from the /home/user/file path of the FTP server.
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Modified date:
08 June 2021
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