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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2004-07-02 21:28:50 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2004-07-02 21:28:50 +0000
commit20fbd172b22ab587e9d796f4cb8664a235cebe78 (patch)
treeeb02ffe4de6f83302cc7418e7e9a79349dcf6789 /libexec/ftpd
parentdebcc07b3a783cc266d834911f64c8c6310602e9 (diff)
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Mechanically kill hard sentence breaks.
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-rw-r--r--libexec/ftpd/ftpd.823
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions
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
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