WU-FTPD 2.4 Release Notes

24 WU-FTPD Release Notes for Version 2.4

New ftp Conﬁguration Files

• ﬁlename

This is the name of the transferred ﬁle.

• transfer-type

This is a single character indicating the type of transfer.

Can be one of

1. for an ascii transfer

2. for a binary transfer

• special-action-ﬂag

This is one or more single character ﬂags indicating any of the

following special action taken. Can be one or more of:

C ﬂag indicates that the ﬁle was compressed

U ﬂag indicates that the ﬁle was uncompressed

T ﬂag indicates that the ﬁle was tar’ed

_ no action was taken

• direction

This is the direction of the transfer. Can be one of:

o outgoing

i incoming

• access-mode

This is the method by which the user is logged in. Can be one of:

• username

This is the local username, or if guest, the ID string given.

a (anonymous) for an anonymous guest user.

g (guest) for a password guest user (See the

guestgroup entry in the

/etc/ftpd/ftpaccess ﬁle).

r (real) for a local authenticated user.