WHAT IS LUKEMFTPD?
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`lukemftpd' is what many users affectionately call the enhanced ftp
server in NetBSD ( http://www.netbsd.org/ ). The `lukem' comes from
the account name of the NetBSD developer who wrote most of the
enhancements: Luke Mewburn <lukem@netbsd.org>.
This package is a `port' of the NetBSD ftp server to other systems.
The enhancements over the standard ftp server in 4.4BSD (and derivatives)
include:
* command line options:
+ allow override of directory used by anonymous ftp (-a)
+ optional change of directory for configuration files (-c)
+ check whether a user would be granted access (-C)
+ specify email address for display messages (-e)
+ change hostname advertised as (-h, -H)
+ specify data port to listen on (-P)
+ keep track of the number of users logged in (-q, -Q)
+ permanently drop privileges (-r)
+ specify version advertised (-V)
+ log wu-ftpd style `xferlog' entries to syslog (-X)
* % escape sequences in files displayed to users (/etc/motd,
/etc/ftpwelcome, ...)
* IPv6 support (from the KAME project).
* ftpusers(5) control of who may log in, and optional
specification of a "class" to be associated with the
specified user or group.
* ftpd.conf(5) to control various configuration options on
a per-class basis. The following options are supported:
+ address to advertise in PASV and LPSV responses
+ check the PORT command for validity
+ specify the directory to chroot(2) to
+ automatic in-line conversions (e.g, `.tar.gz'
retrieval of directories)
+ deny logins after the username is provided (rather
than after the password)
+ display a file the first time a directory is entered
+ specify the home directory of the session (for "cd ~")
+ limit the maximum number of concurrent sessions
+ limit the maximum size of an uploaded file
+ set the default timeout and restrict the maximum
timeout that a user may request
+ deny user from running the CHMOD, DELE, MKD, RMD, RNFR
and UMASK commands
+ specify the motd(5) file to display upon login
+ specify a glob(3) pattern of files to notify a user
of the existance of once a directory is entered
+ enable/disable the use of PASV and EPSV connections
+ limit the ports that PORT and LPRT may bind to
+ limit the transfer rate of transfers
+ limit the characters that may be used in an uploaded
filename
+ set the umask
+ deny user from running APPE, STOR and STOU as well
as CHMOD, ...
* In-built copy of ls(1) to implement LIST (unless disabled
out with --disable-builtinls), so that /bin/ls does not need
to exist inside the ftp tree.
* Virtual servers can be supported with a combination of
ftpd(8) flags and support in the invoking inetd(8) program
(such as that in NetBSD).
* Optional S/Key authentication (if configued with --with-skey).
Features present in NetBSD's ftpd but not yet available in lukemftpd:
* logging active sessions to utmp(5) (-u, -U)
* logging completed sessions to wtmp(5) (-w, -W)
INSTALLATION
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Refer to `INSTALL' for more information on how to compile and install
lukemftpd.
FEEDBACK / BUG REPORTS
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Please email feedback back to the maintainer: <lukem@netbsd.org>.
COPYRIGHT
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lukemftpd is covered by a BSD-style copyright notice. Please refer to
the file `COPYING' for more information.
AVAILABILITY
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The primary ftp site for lukemftpd is:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/lukemftp/
(the same location as lukemftp)
