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author | silby <silby@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-03-25 22:20:02 +0000 |
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committer | silby <silby@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-03-25 22:20:02 +0000 |
commit | dc7f6e718f726499c2636d9997a71a4f08c34e62 (patch) | |
tree | e11347aabd1ecb7c4ebb56a6b956e5316361b890 /libexec/ftpd | |
parent | 61ec89edc4a10d9cb11f98595351fc57896a1e1b (diff) | |
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Update the description of the -u option to mention that IP_PORTRANGE_HIGH
and _DEFAULT are the same for 5.x.
Committed under threat of action from: The mdoc police
Diffstat (limited to 'libexec/ftpd')
-rw-r--r-- | libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8 | 15 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8 b/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8 index 9928bc3..e8358f8 100644 --- a/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8 +++ b/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8 @@ -184,12 +184,15 @@ The inactivity timeout period is set to .Ar timeout seconds (the default is 15 minutes). .It Fl U -In previous versions of -.Nm , -when a passive mode client requested a data connection to the server, -the server would use data ports in the range 1024..4999. Now, by default, -the server will use data ports in the range 49152..65535. Specifying this -option will revert to the old behavior. +This option instructs ftpd to use data ports in the range of +IP_PORTRANGE_DEFAULT instead of in the range of IP_PORTRANGE_HIGH. +Such a change may be useful for some specific firewall configurations; +see +.Xr ip 4 +for more information. +.Pp +Note that option is a virtual no-op in FreeBSD 5.0 and above; both port +ranges are indentical by default. .It Fl u The default file creation mode mask is set to .Ar umask , |