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authorcharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-06 19:19:48 +0000
committercharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-06 19:19:48 +0000
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The .Nm utility
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8 b/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8
index e28376b..da6adf2 100644
--- a/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8
+++ b/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8
@@ -47,8 +47,9 @@
.Op Fl p Ar file
.Op Fl t Ar timeout
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Ftpd
-is the
+The
+.Nm
+utility is the
Internet File Transfer Protocol
server process. The server uses the
.Tn TCP
@@ -281,16 +282,18 @@ STAT
command is received during a data transfer, preceded by a Telnet IP
and Synch, transfer status will be returned.
.Pp
-.Nm Ftpd
-interprets file names according to the
+The
+.Nm
+utility interprets file names according to the
.Dq globbing
conventions used by
.Xr csh 1 .
This allows users to utilize the metacharacters
.Dq Li \&*?[]{}~ .
.Pp
-.Nm Ftpd
-authenticates users according to six rules.
+The
+.Nm
+utility authenticates users according to six rules.
.Pp
.Bl -enum -offset indent
.It
@@ -383,7 +386,7 @@ The files pwd.db (see
and
.Xr group 5
must be present for the
-.Xr ls
+.Xr ls 1
command to be able to produce owner names rather than numbers.
The password field in
.Xr passwd
@@ -452,8 +455,9 @@ value is to be used.
As with any anonymous login configuration, due care must be given
to setup and maintenance to guard against security related problems.
.Pp
+The
.Nm
-has internal support for handling remote requests to list
+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
@@ -495,6 +499,6 @@ scrutinized, but are possibly incomplete.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
-command appeared in
+utility appeared in
.Bx 4.2 .
IPv6 support was added in WIDE Hydrangea IPv6 stack kit.
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