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NAME
ftpservers - ftpd virtual hosting configuration specification file
SYNPOSIS
/etc/ftpd/ftpservers
DESCRIPTION
The /etc/ftpd/ftpservers
file is used to tell which set of virtual domain configuration files that the
ftpd server should use. With VIRTUAL support, wu-ftpd has the ability to use separate configuration
files for each virtual domain.
For a virtual host, configuration files can be placed into a separate virtual domain directory. The direc-
tory path and the virtual host IP address that is to use those configuration files is listed in the
/etc/ftpd/ftpservers
file. The actual configuration files put into the virtual domain directory
MUST be named as follows:
ftpaccess virtual domain’s access file.
ftpusers restrict the accounts that can use the web server."
ftpgroups SITE GROUP and SITE GPASS support."
ftphosts allow or deny usernames access to that virtual server."
ftpconversions customize conversions available in the virtual domain."
You do not need to put every file in each of the virtual domain directories. If you want a set of domains to
use the master copy of a file, for example, the
ftpconversions
file, then do not include that file in
those virtual domain directories. In that case the default master copy will be used.
NOTE: The file names must match those listed above. If you misspell any of them or name them some-
thing else, the server WILL NOT find them and the master copy of them will be used instead.
ftpservers File Format
There are two fields to each entry.
ipaddr/hostname directory-containing-configuration-files
For example:
10.196.145.10 /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess.somedomain/
10.196.145.200 /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess.someotherdomain/
some.domain INTERNAL
When an ftp client connects to the server, ftpd tries to match the IP address the ftp client connected to
with one found in the ftpservers file.
If a match is found the path to the specified directory containing the configuration files for that specific
domain is returned. The
ftpd server uses any configuration files in that directory.
If a match is not found, or an invalid directory path is encountered, default paths to the configuration
files are used. The use of
INTERNAL in the example above fails the check for a specific directory and the
master configuration files will be used.
Either the actual IP address or a specific hostname can be used to specify the virtual domain. It is better
to specify the actual IP of the virtual domain as it reduces the need for a domain lookup and eliminates
DNS security related naming issues.
NOTE: Comment lines are depicted with a # sign. Both comment lines and blanklines are ignored.
FILES
/etc/ftpd/ftpservers
AUTHOR
ftpservers was developed by the Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
SEE ALSO
ftpd(1M) , ftpaccess(4) , ftpconversions(4) , ftphosts(4).
HP-UX 11i Version 3: September 2010 1 Hewlett-Packard Company 1

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