Re: [Proftpd-user] Hello / how to remove leading ".\"

[Matus U. - f. <uh...@fa...>]

On 18.01.19 09:50, Boris wrote:
>I installed proftpd on a Debian stretch box to replace a Windows ftp
>server. Some Windows clients write files to a directory and another
>Windows client shall read the files and then delete them.
>
>The writing clients leave the files with a prefix ".\". in the
>ftp-directory (leading "point Backslash").
>The reading client cannot see these files (because of the dot) and
>probably cannot process them (because of the backslash).
>
>I tried to rename one of the files manually. Then everything works just
>fine.
>
>How do I get proftd to present the files without the ".\" to the client
>and make it possible to read and delete the files? What is the
>appropriate tool - mod_rewrite?

yes, mod_rewrite should do that. Luckily it's bundled in debian stretch'
proftpd_basic

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