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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 2000 Christoph J. Thompson <obituary@linuxbe.org> |
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| 69289f8a | 19 | .TH FTPUSERS 5 2000-08-27 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
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20 | .SH NAME |
| 21 | ftpusers \- list of users that may not log in via the FTP daemon | |
| 22 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 23 | The text file | |
| 24 | .B ftpusers | |
| 25 | contains a list of users that may not log in using the | |
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26 | File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server daemon. |
| 27 | This file is used not merely for | |
| 96eb7b8e | 28 | system administration purposes but also for improving security within a TCP/IP |
| c13182ef | 29 | networked environment. |
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30 | .PP |
| 31 | The | |
| 32 | .B ftpusers | |
| 33 | file will typically contain a list of the users that | |
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34 | either have no business using ftp or have too many privileges to be allowed |
| 35 | to log in through the FTP server daemon. | |
| 36 | Such users usually include root, daemon, bin, uucp, and news. | |
| b794d85a | 37 | .PP |
| fea681da | 38 | If your FTP server daemon doesn't use |
| 5109ac8d | 39 | .BR ftpusers , |
| fea681da | 40 | then it is suggested that you read its documentation to find out how to |
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41 | block access for certain users. |
| 42 | Washington University FTP server Daemon | |
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43 | (wuftpd) and Professional FTP Daemon (proftpd) are known to make use of |
| 44 | .BR ftpusers . | |
| 1ce284ec | 45 | .SS Format |
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46 | The format of |
| 47 | .B ftpusers | |
| c13182ef | 48 | is very simple. |
| 18701562 | 49 | There is one account name (or username) per line. |
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50 | Lines starting with a # are ignored. |
| 51 | .SH FILES | |
| 52 | .I /etc/ftpusers | |
| 47297adb | 53 | .SH SEE ALSO |
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54 | .BR passwd (5), |
| 55 | .BR proftpd (8), | |
| 56 | .BR wuftpd (8) |