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author | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-07-02 21:28:50 +0000 |
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committer | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-07-02 21:28:50 +0000 |
commit | 20fbd172b22ab587e9d796f4cb8664a235cebe78 (patch) | |
tree | eb02ffe4de6f83302cc7418e7e9a79349dcf6789 /libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8 | |
parent | debcc07b3a783cc266d834911f64c8c6310602e9 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-20fbd172b22ab587e9d796f4cb8664a235cebe78.zip FreeBSD-src-20fbd172b22ab587e9d796f4cb8664a235cebe78.tar.gz |
Mechanically kill hard sentence breaks.
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diff --git a/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8 b/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8 index 059c59d..025fc36 100644 --- a/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8 +++ b/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8 @@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ The .Nm utility is the Internet File Transfer Protocol -server process. The server uses the +server process. +The server uses the .Tn TCP protocol and listens at the port specified with the @@ -223,13 +224,16 @@ If the file .Pa /etc/ftpmotd exists, .Nm -prints it after a successful login. Note the motd file used is the one -relative to the login environment. This means the one in +prints it after a successful login. +Note the motd file used is the one +relative to the login environment. +This means the one in .Pa ~ftp/etc in the anonymous user's case. .Pp The ftp server currently supports the following ftp requests. -The case of the requests is ignored. Requests marked [RW] are +The case of the requests is ignored. +Requests marked [RW] are disabled if .Fl r is specified. @@ -360,7 +364,7 @@ The user must have a standard shell returned by If the user name appears in the file .Pa /etc/ftpchroot , or the user is a member of a group with a group entry in this file, -i.e. one prefixed with +i.e., one prefixed with .Ql \&@ , the session's root will be changed to the directory specified in this file or to the user's login directory by @@ -508,7 +512,8 @@ The utility has internal support for handling remote requests to list files, and will not execute .Pa /bin/ls -in either a chrooted or non-chrooted environment. The +in either a chrooted or non-chrooted environment. +The .Pa ~/bin/ls executable need not be placed into the chrooted tree, nor need the .Pa ~/bin @@ -543,9 +548,11 @@ Default place for session logs. .Xr syslogd 8 .Sh BUGS The server must run as the super-user -to create sockets with privileged port numbers. It maintains +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 +the super-user only when binding addresses to sockets. +The possible security holes have been extensively scrutinized, but are possibly incomplete. .Sh HISTORY |