WU-FTPD 2.4 Release Notes

14 WU-FTPD Release Notes for Version 2.4

New ftp Support Commands

(You will create the shutdown message ﬁle with the ftpshut

command in a later step.)

2. To enable the ftpaccess ﬁle, specify the -a option in the ftp entry of

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

example, ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/lbin/ftpd ftpd -a

NOTE: If the "shutdown <path>" entry is not speciﬁed in

ftpaccess ﬁle and you try to execute ftpshut command, then the

following error message will be displayed:

No shutdown ﬁle deﬁned in ftpaccess ﬁle.

Execute the ftpshut command to create a shutdown message ﬁle

(with the path speciﬁed in the "shutdown" entry of ftpaccess ﬁle)

in the home directory of real, anonymous and virtual users. Note

that in guest users’ home directories the ftpshut command will not

create the shutdown message ﬁle; you must do it manually.

The shutdown message ﬁle indicates the time of a planned

shutdown and notiﬁes users. This ﬁle can also specify that new

connections be denied after a speciﬁed time before shutdown and

that current connections be dropped at a speciﬁed time before

shutdown.

For details, see the ftpshut(1) manpage.

• ftprestart

The ftprestart command removes all the shutdown message ﬁles from

the real, anonymous, and virtual user accounts. These message ﬁles

are created by the ftpshut utility in the path speciﬁed by the

"shutdown" entry in the /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess file. For guest

user accounts the message ﬁles have to be removed manually.

The ftprestart command is always used after the ftpshut command is

executed.

For details, see the ftprestart(1) manpage.