diff -urN pure-ftpd-1.0.20.org/src/ls.c pure-ftpd-1.0.20/src/ls.c
--- pure-ftpd-1.0.20.org/src/ls.c	2004-02-29 22:49:27.000000000 +0100
+++ pure-ftpd-1.0.20/src/ls.c	2005-02-18 00:42:08.000000000 +0100
@@ -245,6 +245,20 @@
         st.st_mode &= ~S_IFLNK;
         st.st_mode |= S_IFDIR;
     }  /* Hack to please some Windows client that dislike ../ -> ../ */
+    if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
+	char ms[MAXPATHLEN + 1U];
+	struct stat sts;
+	int sx;
+	
+	if ((sx = readlink(name, ms, sizeof ms - 1U)) > 0)
+	    if (stat(name, &sts) == 0) {
+		if (!S_ISLNK(sts.st_mode))
+		    st.st_mode = sts.st_mode;
+		/* don't show if owner mismatch */
+		if (geteuid() != sts.st_uid)
+		    return 0;
+	    }
+    } /* Hack to show symlinks as files/directories */
 #endif
 #ifdef DISPLAY_FILES_IN_UTC_TIME
     t = gmtime((time_t *) &st.st_mtime);