WU-FTPD 2.4 Release Notes

WU-FTPD Release Notes for Version 2.4 11

New ftp Daemon Options

The following new options are used for the ftp daemon,

/usr/lbin/ftpd. You specify these options in the ftp entry of the inetd

conﬁguration ﬁle (typically /etc/inetd.conf).

An example ftp entry in the /etc/inetd.conf ﬁle might look like this:

ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/lbin/ftpd ftpd -l -d -a

The preceding example sets the -l, -d, and-a options, which are explained

below:

• -l

Using this option with ftpd enables logging of the ftp session to the

syslog ﬁle.

• -d

Using this option logs debugging information to the syslog ﬁle.

• -a

This option enables the use of the /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess ﬁle, which

contains information for conﬁguring ftpd.

• -A

This option disables the use of the ftpaccess conﬁguration ﬁle.

• -K

This option is used to enforce Kerberos Authentication. In the legacy

version of ftp, the -A option was used to enforce Kerberos

Authentication.

• -i

This option logs all incoming (received) ﬁles by the ftpd server to the

/var/admin/syslog/xferlog log ﬁle.

Note that the “logs transfers” entry in the /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess

ﬁle will overwrite this option.