HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Routine Management Tasks

(The -l option logs all commands sent to the ftpd server into syslog. The -d
option logs debugging information into syslog.)
• To disable the /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess file, specify the -A option for the ftp
entry in the /etc/inetd.conf file. For example,
ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/lbin/ftpd ftpd -A -L -d
The FTP configuration files enable you to define how ftp works, as described in the
following table.
Table 3-1 FTP Configuration Files
The primary configuration file defining the operation
of the ftpd daemon. For more information see
ftpaccess(4).
/etc/ftpd/ftpaccess
Defines options for compression/decompression and
tar/untar operations. For more information see
ftpconversions(4).
/etc/ftpd/ftpconversions
Lets you allow/deny FTP account access according to
source IP addresses and host names. For more
information see ftphosts(4).
/etc/ftpd/ftphosts
Restricts FTP access for specified users. For more
information see ftpusers(4).
/etc/ftpd/ftpusers
The group password file for use with the SITE GROUP
and SITE GPASS commands. For more information see
ftpgroups(4).
/etc/ftpd/ftpgroups
Verifying the Path Names of FTP Configuration Files
To verify the path names of all FTP configuration files, enter:
/usr/bin/ckconfig
For more information see the ckconfig(1) manpage.
Getting Information about FTP Users
To display the current number of users for each class and the limit for each class of
users as defined in the /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess file, enter:
/usr/bin/ftpcount
To display the current process information for each user logged into the FTP server,
enter:
/usr/bin/ftpwho
See the ftpcount(1) and ftpwho(1) manpages for more information
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