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.\" @(#)ftpd.8c 6.4 (Berkeley) 5/28/86
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.TH FTPD 8
.SH NAME
ftpd, in.ftpd, setup.anonftp \- DARPA Internet File Transfer Protocol server
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B "ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/in.ftpd in.ftpd"
.br
.B "tcpd ftp /usr/sbin/in.ftpd"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Ftpd
is the DARPA Internet File Transfer Prototocol
server process. The server uses the TCP protocol
and listens at the port specified in the ``ftp''
service specification; see
.BR services (5).
.PP
The ftp server currently supports the following ftp
requests; case is not distinguished.
.PP
.nf
.ta \w'Request 'u
\fBRequest Description\fP
ABOR abort previous command
ACCT specify account (ignored)
ALLO allocate storage (vacuously)
APPE append to a file
CDUP change to parent of current working directory
CWD change working directory
DELE delete a file
HELP give help information
LIST give list files in a directory (``ls -lA'')
MKD make a directory
MODE specify data transfer \fImode\fP
NLST give name list of files in directory (``ls'')
NOOP do nothing
PASS specify password
PASV prepare for server-to-server transfer
PORT specify data connection port
PWD print the current working directory
QUIT terminate session
RETR retrieve a file
RMD remove a directory
RNFR specify rename-from file name
RNTO specify rename-to file name
STOR store a file
STOU store a file with a unique name
STRU specify data transfer \fIstructure\fP
TYPE specify data transfer \fItype\fP
USER specify user name
XCUP change to parent of current working directory
XCWD change working directory
XMKD make a directory
XPWD print the current working directory
XRMD remove a directory
.fi
.PP
The remaining ftp requests specified in Internet RFC 959 are
recognized, but not implemented.
.PP
The ftp server will abort an active file transfer only when the
ABOR command is preceded by a Telnet "Interrupt Process" (IP)
signal and a Telnet "Synch" signal in the command Telnet stream,
as described in Internet RFC 959.
.PP
.B Ftpd
interprets file names according to the ``globbing''
conventions used by
.BR csh (1).
This allows users to utilize the metacharacters ``*?[]{}~''.
.PP
.B Ftpd
authenticates users according to three rules.
.IP 1)
The user name must be in the password data base,
.BR /etc/passwd ,
and not have a null password. In this case a password
must be provided by the client before any file operations
may be performed.
.IP 2)
The user name must not appear in the file
.BR /etc/ftpusers .
.IP 3)
If the user name is ``anonymous'' or ``ftp'', an
anonymous ftp account must be present in the password
file (user ``ftp''). In this case the user is allowed
to log in by specifying any password (by convention this
is given as the client host's name).
.PP
In the last case,
.B ftpd
takes special measures to restrict the client's access privileges.
The server performs a
.BR chroot (2)
command to the home directory of the ``ftp'' user.
In order that system security is not breached, it is recommended
that the ``ftp'' subtree be constructed with care; the following
rules are recommended.
.IP ~ftp)
Make the home directory owned by ``ftp'' and unwritable by anyone.
.IP ~ftp/bin)
Make this directory owned by the super-user and unwritable by
anyone. The program
.BR ls (1)
must be present to support the list commands. This
program should have mode 111.
.IP ~ftp/etc)
This directory could be created, and could have
.BR passwd (5)
and
.BR group (5)
databases in it so that
.B ls
can show file ownership, but outsiders will grab your password file and
misuse it to spam you. So don't bother.
.IP ~ftp/pub)
Make this directory mode 755 and owned by the super-user. Create
directories in it owned by users if those users want to manage an
anonymous ftp directory.
.IP ~ftp/pub/incoming)
Optionally create this directory for anonymous uploads. Make it mode
777. The FTP daemon will create files with mode 266, so remote users
can write a file, but only local users can do something with it.
.PP
The script
.B setup.anonftp
can be used to create or check an anonymous FTP tree.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR ftp (1).
.SH BUGS
The anonymous account is inherently dangerous and should
avoided when possible.
.ig \" Minix doesn't have privileged port numbers (yet?)
.PP
The server must run as the super-user
to create sockets with privileged port numbers. It maintains
an effective user id of the logged in user, reverting to
the super-user only when binding addresses to sockets. The
possible security holes have been extensively
scrutinized, but are possibly incomplete.
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