WU-FTPD 2.6.1 release notes (5900-1547, January 2011)
Table Of Contents
- WU-FTPD 2.6.1 release notes
- Contents
- 1 WU-FTPD 2.6.1 Release Notes
- Announcement
- What Is In This Version
- WU-FTPD 2.6.1 Features
- Support for TLS/SSL
- Cryptography Algorithm
- Prerequisites for Configuring the TLS/SSL Feature
- Certificates and Authorities
- Generating Certificates and Keys Using OpenSSL 0.9.7m
- Configuring a WU-FTPD TLS Server and an FTP Client
- Configuring an FTP Server in a TLS/SSL Environment
- Configuring an FTP Client in a TLS/SSL Environment
- Basic Configuration for Secured File Transfer
- Virtual FTP Support
- Setting up Virtual FTP Support
- Support for Virtual FTP
- Without ftpservers (4) File
- Usage
- The virtual address allow usernameand virtual address deny username directives
- The virtual address private directive
- The virtual address root path and virtual address banner path directives
- The virtual address logfile path directive
- The virtual address hostname string directive
- The virtual address root path and virtual address email string directives
- The virtual address incmail emailaddress directive
- The virtual address mailfrom emailaddress directive
- Usage
- With ftpservers(4) File
- Usage
- The virtual address allow username and virtual address deny username directives
- The virtual address private directive
- The root path directive
- The banner path directive
- The logfile path directive
- The hostname some.host.name directive
- The email emailaddress directive
- The incmail emailaddress directive
- The mailfrom emailaddress directive
- Usage
- Without ftpservers (4) File
- Setting up a Virtual FTP Server
- The privatepw Utility
- New Clauses in the /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess File
- Enabling the Identification Protocol (RFC 1413)
- New Feature Related to Data Transfer
- Field Added to the /var/adm/syslog/xferlog File
- Command-Line Options
- IPv6 Support
- HP-Specific Features
- Other Features
- Support for TLS/SSL
- Changed and Removed Features
- Compatibility and Installation Information
- Known Problems and Limitations
- Related Information
- Defects Fixed in This Release

Table 5 Defects Fixed in the HP-UX 11i v1 Operating System (continued)
DescriptionIdentifier
ftpd(1M) does not clean up certain environment variables when started
in stand-alone mode.
JAGae22345/
QXCR1000513734
Defects fixed in WU-FTPD 2.6.1 (B.11.11.01.010)
The directives related to virtual hosting feature are not documented
properly in the documentation available for ftpaccess(4).
JAGag20313/
QXCR1000572236
ftpd(1M) has problem with the guestserver clause.JAGag03440/
QXCR1000734472
ftpd(1M) has problem with certain clauses.JAGaf85093/
QXCR1000733531
The virtual hosting feature in ftpd(1M) does not work when ftpd(1M) is
started in the stand-alone mode.
JAGaf78174/
QXCR1000554076
If the IPv6 feature does not exist in a system, ftpd(1M) does not send an
error message when an FTP client issues an EPRT command.
JAGae30158/
QXCR1000514723
Defects fixed in WU-FTPD 2.6.1 (B.11.11.01.011)
In an IPv6 environment, ftpd(1M) does not function properly for certain
directives in the ftpaccess(4) file.
JAGag46940/
QXCR1000591157
Certain inputs to ftpd(1M) can cause huge delay in the response.JAGaf91258/
QXCR1000559419
ftpd(1M) does not list all the files when a file name glob is used against
a directory listing command and the number of files passing the file name
glob is more than 1000.
JAGaf71500/
QXCR1000551539
Defects fixed in WU-FTPD 2.6.1 (B.11.11.01.012)
Certain inputs to ftp(1) can cause huge delay in response.JAGaf91565/
QXCR1000559524
A user is restricted login from all hosts, though the deny clause for the
user applies to particular hosts only.
QXCR1000774466
Defects fixed in WU-FTPD 2.6.1 (B.11.11.01.013)
ftp does not handle some multi-byte character set filenames correctly.QXCR1000927648
The ftpd process does not have the informational command string.QXCR1000973381
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