Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) - Manual (Page 246)

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Note that in this example, /Users, /Volumes/Data, and /Volumes/Photos are FTP share points.
All users can see the home directories of other users because they are subdirectories of the
Users share point.
Home Directory and FTP Root
When the user environment option is set to “Home Directory and FTP Root,” real users are
logged into their home directories and have access to the FTP root by means of a symbolic
link automatically created in their home directories. Other FTP share points are accessible
through symbolic links in the FTP root. As always, access to the FTP share points is
controlled by the access privileges they are assigned.
In this scenario, the /Users folder is not an FTP share point and users are not able to see the
home directories of other users.
If you create a custom FTP root, then the symbolic link in users’ home directories will reflect
that custom name. For example, if you set a custom FTP root directory to be /Volumes/Extra/
NewRoot, the symbolic link created in the user’s home directory would be called NewRoot.
Important Regardless of the user environment setting, anonymous users and users without
home directories are always logged into the “FTP Root and Share Points” environment.
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