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28 .\" @(#)ftpd.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
36 .Nd Internet File Transfer Protocol server
39 .Op Fl 468ADdEhMmOoRrSUvW
44 .Op Fl T Ar maxtimeout
51 Internet File Transfer Protocol
56 and listens at the port specified with the
60 service specification; see
64 .Bl -tag -width indent
68 is specified, accept connections via
74 is specified, accept connections via
78 Enable transparent UTF-8 mode.
79 RFC\ 2640 compliant clients will be told that the character encoding
80 used by the server is UTF-8, which is the only effect of the option.
82 This option does not enable any encoding conversion for server file names;
83 it implies instead that the names of files on the server are encoded
85 As for files uploaded via FTP, it is the duty of the RFC\ 2640 compliant
86 client to convert their names from the client's local encoding to UTF-8.
87 FTP command names and own
89 messages are always encoded in ASCII, which is a subset of UTF-8.
90 Hence no need for server-side conversion at all.
92 Allow only anonymous ftp access.
96 is specified, accept connections only on the specified
101 will detach and become a daemon, accepting connections on the FTP port and
102 forking children processes to handle them.
103 This is lower overhead than starting
107 and is thus useful on busy servers to reduce load.
109 Debugging information is written to the syslog using
112 Disable the EPSV command.
113 This is useful for servers behind older firewalls.
115 Disable printing host-specific information, such as the
116 server software version or hostname, in server messages.
118 Each successful and failed
120 session is logged using syslog with a facility of
122 If this option is specified twice, the retrieve (get), store (put), append,
123 delete, make directory, remove directory and rename operations and
124 their filename arguments are also logged.
128 .Pa /var/log/xferlog .
130 Prevent anonymous users from creating directories.
132 Permit anonymous users to overwrite or modify
133 existing files if allowed by file system permissions.
134 By default, anonymous users cannot modify existing files;
135 in particular, files to upload will be created under a unique name.
137 Put server in write-only mode for anonymous users only.
138 RETR is disabled for anonymous users, preventing anonymous downloads.
139 This has no effect if
143 Put server in write-only mode.
144 RETR is disabled, preventing downloads.
148 is specified, accept connections at
150 specified as a numeric value or service name, instead of at the default
156 is specified, write the daemon's process ID to
158 instead of the default pid file,
159 .Pa /var/run/ftpd.pid .
161 With this option set,
163 will revert to historical behavior with regard to security checks on
164 user operations and restrictions on PORT requests.
167 will only honor PORT commands directed to unprivileged ports on the
168 remote user's host (which violates the FTP protocol specification but
169 closes some security holes).
171 Put server in read-only mode.
172 All commands which may modify the local file system are disabled.
174 With this option set,
176 logs all anonymous file downloads to the file
178 when this file exists.
180 A client may also request a different timeout period;
181 the maximum period allowed may be set to
186 The default limit is 2 hours.
188 The inactivity timeout period is set to
190 seconds (the default is 15 minutes).
192 This option instructs ftpd to use data ports in the range of
193 .Dv IP_PORTRANGE_DEFAULT
194 instead of in the range of
195 .Dv IP_PORTRANGE_HIGH .
196 Such a change may be useful for some specific firewall configurations;
199 for more information.
201 Note that option is a virtual no-op in
204 ranges are identical by default.
206 The default file creation mode mask is set to
208 which is expected to be an octal numeric value.
212 This option may be overridden by
218 Do not log FTP sessions to the user accounting database.
223 can be used to disable ftp access.
226 displays it and exits.
231 prints it before issuing the
238 prints it after a successful login.
239 Note the motd file used is the one
240 relative to the login environment.
241 This means the one in
243 in the anonymous user's case.
245 The ftp server currently supports the following ftp requests.
246 The case of the requests is ignored.
247 Requests marked [RW] are
251 .Bl -column "Request" -offset indent
252 .It Sy Request Ta Sy "Description"
253 .It ABOR Ta "abort previous command"
254 .It ACCT Ta "specify account (ignored)"
255 .It ALLO Ta "allocate storage (vacuously)"
256 .It APPE Ta "append to a file [RW]"
257 .It CDUP Ta "change to parent of current working directory"
258 .It CWD Ta "change working directory"
259 .It DELE Ta "delete a file [RW]"
260 .It EPRT Ta "specify data connection port, multiprotocol"
261 .It EPSV Ta "prepare for server-to-server transfer, multiprotocol"
262 .It FEAT Ta "give information on extended features of server"
263 .It HELP Ta "give help information"
264 .It LIST Ta "give list files in a directory" Pq Dq Li "ls -lgA"
265 .It LPRT Ta "specify data connection port, multiprotocol"
266 .It LPSV Ta "prepare for server-to-server transfer, multiprotocol"
267 .It MDTM Ta "show last modification time of file"
268 .It MKD Ta "make a directory [RW]"
269 .It MODE Ta "specify data transfer" Em mode
270 .It NLST Ta "give name list of files in directory"
271 .It NOOP Ta "do nothing"
272 .It PASS Ta "specify password"
273 .It PASV Ta "prepare for server-to-server transfer"
274 .It PORT Ta "specify data connection port"
275 .It PWD Ta "print the current working directory"
276 .It QUIT Ta "terminate session"
277 .It REST Ta "restart incomplete transfer"
278 .It RETR Ta "retrieve a file"
279 .It RMD Ta "remove a directory [RW]"
280 .It RNFR Ta "specify rename-from file name [RW]"
281 .It RNTO Ta "specify rename-to file name [RW]"
282 .It SITE Ta "non-standard commands (see next section)"
283 .It SIZE Ta "return size of file"
284 .It STAT Ta "return status of server"
285 .It STOR Ta "store a file [RW]"
286 .It STOU Ta "store a file with a unique name [RW]"
287 .It STRU Ta "specify data transfer" Em structure
288 .It SYST Ta "show operating system type of server system"
289 .It TYPE Ta "specify data transfer" Em type
290 .It USER Ta "specify user name"
291 .It XCUP Ta "change to parent of current working directory (deprecated)"
292 .It XCWD Ta "change working directory (deprecated)"
293 .It XMKD Ta "make a directory (deprecated) [RW]"
294 .It XPWD Ta "print the current working directory (deprecated)"
295 .It XRMD Ta "remove a directory (deprecated) [RW]"
298 The following non-standard or
300 specific commands are supported
303 .Bl -column Request -offset indent
304 .It Sy Request Ta Sy Description
305 .It UMASK Ta change umask, e.g. ``SITE UMASK 002''
306 .It IDLE Ta set idle-timer, e.g. ``SITE IDLE 60''
307 .It CHMOD Ta "change mode of a file [RW], e.g. ``SITE CHMOD 755 filename''"
308 .It MD5 Ta "report the files MD5 checksum, e.g. ``SITE MD5 filename''"
309 .It HELP Ta give help information
312 Note: SITE requests are disabled in case of anonymous logins.
314 The remaining ftp requests specified in Internet RFC 959
316 recognized, but not implemented.
317 MDTM and SIZE are not specified in RFC 959, but will appear in the
318 next updated FTP RFC.
319 To avoid possible denial-of-service attacks, SIZE requests against
320 files larger than 10240 bytes will be denied if the current transfer
323 The ftp server will abort an active file transfer only when the
325 command is preceded by a Telnet "Interrupt Process" (IP)
326 signal and a Telnet "Synch" signal in the command Telnet stream,
327 as described in Internet RFC 959.
330 command is received during a data transfer, preceded by a Telnet IP
331 and Synch, transfer status will be returned.
335 utility interprets file names according to the
339 This allows users to utilize the metacharacters
344 utility authenticates users according to six rules.
345 .Bl -enum -offset indent
347 The login name must be in the password data base
348 and not have a null password.
349 In this case a password must be provided by the client before any
350 file operations may be performed.
351 If the user has an OPIE key, the response from a successful USER
352 command will include an OPIE challenge.
353 The client may choose to respond with a PASS command giving either
354 a standard password or an OPIE one-time password.
355 The server will automatically determine which type of
356 password it has been given and attempt to authenticate accordingly.
359 for more information on OPIE authentication.
361 The login name must not appear in the file
364 The login name must not be a member of a group specified in the file
366 Entries in this file interpreted as group names are prefixed by an "at"
370 The user must have a standard shell returned by
373 If the user name appears in the file
375 or the user is a member of a group with a group entry in this file,
376 i.e., one prefixed with
378 the session's root will be changed to the directory specified
379 in this file or to the user's login directory by
385 account (see next item).
388 for a detailed description of the format of this file.
389 This facility may also be triggered by enabling the boolean "ftp-chroot"
392 However, the user must still supply a password.
393 This feature is intended as a compromise between a fully anonymous
394 account and a fully privileged account.
395 The account should also be set up as for an anonymous account.
402 anonymous ftp account must be present in the password
405 In this case the user is allowed
406 to log in by specifying any password (by convention an email address for
407 the user should be used as the password).
410 option is set, all transfers are logged as well.
415 takes special measures to restrict the client's access privileges.
416 The server performs a
418 to the home directory of the
421 As a special case if the
423 user's home directory pathname contains the
427 uses its left-hand side as the name of the directory to do
429 to, and its right-hand side to change the current directory to afterwards.
430 A typical example for this case would be
431 .Pa /usr/local/ftp/./pub .
432 In order that system security is not breached, it is recommended
435 subtree be constructed with care, following these rules:
436 .Bl -tag -width "~ftp/pub" -offset indent
438 Make the home directory owned by
440 and unwritable by anyone.
442 Make this directory owned by
444 and unwritable by anyone (mode 555).
445 The files pwd.db (see
449 must be present for the
451 command to be able to produce owner names rather than numbers.
452 The password field in
454 is not used, and should not contain real passwords.
457 if present, will be printed after a successful login.
458 These files should be mode 444.
460 This directory and the subdirectories beneath it should be owned
461 by the users and groups responsible for placing files in them,
462 and be writable only by them (mode 755 or 775).
465 be owned or writable by
467 or its group, otherwise guest users
468 can fill the drive with unwanted files.
471 If the system has multiple IP addresses,
473 supports the idea of virtual hosts, which provides the ability to
474 define multiple anonymous ftp areas, each one allocated to a different
478 contains information pertaining to each of the virtual hosts.
479 Each host is defined on its own line which contains a number of
480 fields separated by whitespace:
481 .Bl -tag -offset indent -width hostname
483 Contains the hostname or IP address of the virtual host.
485 Contains a user record in the system password file.
486 As with normal anonymous ftp, this user's access uid, gid and group
487 memberships determine file access to the anonymous ftp area.
488 The anonymous ftp area (to which any user is chrooted on login)
489 is determined by the home directory defined for the account.
490 User id and group for any ftp account may be the same as for the
493 File to which all file transfers are logged, which
497 This file is the welcome message displayed before the server ready
500 .Pa /etc/ftpwelcome .
502 This file is displayed after the user logs in.
507 Lines beginning with a '#' are ignored and can be used to include
510 Defining a virtual host for the primary IP address or hostname
511 changes the default for ftp logins to that address.
512 The 'user', 'statfile', 'welcome' and 'motd' fields may be left
513 blank, or a single hyphen '-' used to indicate that the default
516 As with any anonymous login configuration, due care must be given
517 to setup and maintenance to guard against security related problems.
521 utility has internal support for handling remote requests to list
522 files, and will not execute
524 in either a chrooted or non-chrooted environment.
527 executable need not be placed into the chrooted tree, nor need the
531 .Bl -tag -width ".Pa /var/run/ftpd.pid" -compact
533 List of unwelcome/restricted users.
534 .It Pa /etc/ftpchroot
535 List of normal users who should be chroot'd.
537 Virtual hosting configuration file.
538 .It Pa /etc/ftpwelcome
541 Welcome notice after login.
542 .It Pa /var/run/ftpd.pid
543 Default pid file for daemon mode.
544 .It Pa /var/run/nologin
545 Displayed and access refused.
547 Log file for anonymous transfers.
548 .It Pa /var/log/xferlog
549 Default place for session logs.
565 IPv6 support was added in WIDE Hydrangea IPv6 stack kit.
567 The server must run as the super-user
568 to create sockets with privileged port numbers.
570 an effective user id of the logged in user, reverting to
571 the super-user only when binding addresses to sockets.
573 possible security holes have been extensively
574 scrutinized, but are possibly incomplete.