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36.Dd April 19, 1997
37.Dt FTPD 8
38.Os BSD 4.2
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm ftpd
41.Nd Internet File Transfer Protocol server
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Nm
44.Op Fl a Ar authmode
45.Op Fl dilvU
46.Op Fl g Ar umask
47.Op Fl p Ar port
48.Op Fl T Ar maxtimeout
49.Op Fl t Ar timeout
50.Op Fl u Ar default umask
51.Op Fl B | Fl -builtin-ls
52.Op Fl -good-chars= Ns Ar string
53.Sh DESCRIPTION
54.Nm Ftpd
55is the
56Internet File Transfer Protocol
57server process.  The server uses the
58.Tn TCP
59protocol
60and listens at the port specified in the
61.Dq ftp
62service specification; see
63.Xr services 5 .
64.Pp
65Available options:
66.Bl -tag -width Ds
67.It Fl a
68Select the level of authentication required.  Kerberised login can not
69be turned off. The default is to only allow kerberised login.  Other
70possibilities can be turned on by giving a string of comma separated
71flags as argument to
72.Fl a .
73Recognised flags are:
74.Bl -tag -width plain
75.It Ar plain
76Allow logging in with plaintext password. The password can be a(n) OTP
77or an ordinary password.
78.It Ar otp
79Same as
80.Ar plain ,
81but only OTP is allowed.
82.It Ar ftp
83Allow anonymous login.
84.El
85.Pp
86The following combination modes exists for backwards compatibility:
87.Bl -tag -width plain
88.It Ar none
89Same as
90.Ar plain,ftp .
91.It Ar safe
92Same as
93.Ar ftp .
94.It Ar user
95Ignored.
96.El
97.It Fl d
98Debugging information is written to the syslog using LOG_FTP.
99.It Fl g
100Anonymous users will get a umask of
101.Ar umask .
102.It Fl i
103Open a socket and wait for a connection. This is mainly used for
104debugging when ftpd isn't started by inetd.
105.It Fl l
106Each successful and failed
107.Xr ftp 1
108session is logged using syslog with a facility of LOG_FTP.
109If this option is specified twice, the retrieve (get), store (put), append,
110delete, make directory, remove directory and rename operations and
111their filename arguments are also logged.
112.It Fl p
113Use
114.Ar port
115(a service name or number) instead of the default
116.Ar ftp/tcp .
117.It Fl T
118A client may also request a different timeout period;
119the maximum period allowed may be set to
120.Ar timeout
121seconds with the
122.Fl T
123option.
124The default limit is 2 hours.
125.It Fl t
126The inactivity timeout period is set to
127.Ar timeout
128seconds (the default is 15 minutes).
129.It Fl u
130Set the initial umask to something else than the default 027.
131.It Fl U
132In previous versions of
133.Nm ftpd ,
134when a passive mode client requested a data connection to the server, the
135server would use data ports in the range 1024..4999.  Now, by default,
136if the system supports the IP_PORTRANGE socket option, the server will
137use data ports in the range 49152..65535.  Specifying this option will
138revert to the old behavior.
139.It Fl v
140Verbose mode.
141.It Xo
142.Fl B Ns ,
143.Fl -builtin-ls
144.Xc
145use built-in ls to list files
146.It Xo
147.Fl -good-chars= Ns Ar string
148.Xc
149allowed anonymous upload filename chars
150.El
151.Pp
152The file
153.Pa /etc/nologin
154can be used to disable ftp access.
155If the file exists,
156.Nm
157displays it and exits.
158If the file
159.Pa /etc/ftpwelcome
160exists,
161.Nm
162prints it before issuing the
163.Dq ready
164message.
165If the file
166.Pa /etc/motd
167exists,
168.Nm
169prints it after a successful login.
170.Pp
171The ftp server currently supports the following ftp requests.
172The case of the requests is ignored.
173.Bl -column "Request" -offset indent
174.It Request Ta "Description"
175.It ABOR Ta "abort previous command"
176.It ACCT Ta "specify account (ignored)"
177.It ALLO Ta "allocate storage (vacuously)"
178.It APPE Ta "append to a file"
179.It CDUP Ta "change to parent of current working directory"
180.It CWD Ta "change working directory"
181.It DELE Ta "delete a file"
182.It HELP Ta "give help information"
183.It LIST Ta "give list files in a directory" Pq Dq Li "ls -lgA"
184.It MKD Ta "make a directory"
185.It MDTM Ta "show last modification time of file"
186.It MODE Ta "specify data transfer" Em mode
187.It NLST Ta "give name list of files in directory"
188.It NOOP Ta "do nothing"
189.It PASS Ta "specify password"
190.It PASV Ta "prepare for server-to-server transfer"
191.It PORT Ta "specify data connection port"
192.It PWD Ta "print the current working directory"
193.It QUIT Ta "terminate session"
194.It REST Ta "restart incomplete transfer"
195.It RETR Ta "retrieve a file"
196.It RMD Ta "remove a directory"
197.It RNFR Ta "specify rename-from file name"
198.It RNTO Ta "specify rename-to file name"
199.It SITE Ta "non-standard commands (see next section)"
200.It SIZE Ta "return size of file"
201.It STAT Ta "return status of server"
202.It STOR Ta "store a file"
203.It STOU Ta "store a file with a unique name"
204.It STRU Ta "specify data transfer" Em structure
205.It SYST Ta "show operating system type of server system"
206.It TYPE Ta "specify data transfer" Em type
207.It USER Ta "specify user name"
208.It XCUP Ta "change to parent of current working directory (deprecated)"
209.It XCWD Ta "change working directory (deprecated)"
210.It XMKD Ta "make a directory (deprecated)"
211.It XPWD Ta "print the current working directory (deprecated)"
212.It XRMD Ta "remove a directory (deprecated)"
213.El
214.Pp
215The following commands are specified by RFC2228.
216.Bl -column Request -offset indent
217.It AUTH Ta "authentication/security mechanism"
218.It ADAT Ta "authentication/security data"
219.It PROT Ta "data channel protection level"
220.It PBSZ Ta "protection buffer size"
221.It MIC Ta "integrity protected command"
222.It CONF Ta "confidentiality protected command"
223.It ENC Ta "privacy protected command"
224.It CCC Ta "clear command channel"
225.El
226.Pp
227The following non-standard or
228.Tn UNIX
229specific commands are supported
230by the
231SITE request.
232.Pp
233.Bl -column Request -offset indent
234.It UMASK Ta change umask, (e.g.
235.Ic "SITE UMASK 002" )
236.It IDLE Ta set idle-timer, (e.g.
237.Ic "SITE IDLE 60" )
238.It CHMOD Ta change mode of a file (e.g.
239.Ic "SITE CHMOD 755 filename" )
240.It FIND Ta quickly find a specific file with GNU
241.Xr locate 1 .
242.It HELP Ta give help information.
243.El
244.Pp
245The following Kerberos related site commands are understood.
246.Bl -column Request -offset indent
247.It KAUTH Ta obtain remote tickets.
248.It KLIST Ta show remote tickets
249.El
250.Pp
251The remaining ftp requests specified in Internet RFC 959
252are
253recognized, but not implemented.
254MDTM and SIZE are not specified in RFC 959, but will appear in the
255next updated FTP RFC.
256.Pp
257The ftp server will abort an active file transfer only when the
258ABOR
259command is preceded by a Telnet "Interrupt Process" (IP)
260signal and a Telnet "Synch" signal in the command Telnet stream,
261as described in Internet RFC 959.
262If a
263STAT
264command is received during a data transfer, preceded by a Telnet IP
265and Synch, transfer status will be returned.
266.Pp
267.Nm Ftpd
268interprets file names according to the
269.Dq globbing
270conventions used by
271.Xr csh 1 .
272This allows users to utilize the metacharacters
273.Dq Li \&*?[]{}~ .
274.Pp
275.Nm Ftpd
276authenticates users according to these rules.
277.Pp
278.Bl -enum -offset indent
279.It
280If Kerberos authentication is used, the user must pass valid tickets
281and the principal must be allowed to login as the remote user.
282.It
283The login name must be in the password data base, and not have a null
284password (if kerberos is used the password field is not checked).  In
285this case a password must be provided by the client before any file
286operations may be performed.  If the user has an OTP key, the response
287from a successful USER command will include an OTP challenge. The
288client may choose to respond with a PASS command giving either a
289standard password or an OTP one-time password. The server will
290automatically determine which type of password it has been given and
291attempt to authenticate accordingly. See
292.Xr otp 1
293for more information on OTP authentication.
294.It
295The login name must not appear in the file
296.Pa /etc/ftpusers .
297.It
298The user must have a standard shell returned by
299.Xr getusershell 3 .
300.It
301If the user name appears in the file
302.Pa /etc/ftpchroot
303the session's root will be changed to the user's login directory by
304.Xr chroot 2
305as for an
306.Dq anonymous
307or
308.Dq ftp
309account (see next item).  However, the user must still supply a password.
310This feature is intended as a compromise between a fully anonymous account
311and a fully privileged account.  The account should also be set up as for an
312anonymous account.
313.It
314If the user name is
315.Dq anonymous
316or
317.Dq ftp ,
318an
319anonymous ftp account must be present in the password
320file (user
321.Dq ftp ) .
322In this case the user is allowed
323to log in by specifying any password (by convention an email address for
324the user should be used as the password).
325.El
326.Pp
327In the last case,
328.Nm ftpd
329takes special measures to restrict the client's access privileges.
330The server performs a
331.Xr chroot 2
332to the home directory of the
333.Dq ftp
334user.
335In order that system security is not breached, it is recommended
336that the
337.Dq ftp
338subtree be constructed with care, consider following these guidelines
339for anonymous ftp.
340.Pp
341In general all files should be owned by
342.Dq root ,
343and have non-write permissions (644 or 755 depending on the kind of
344file). No files should be owned or writable by
345.Dq ftp
346(possibly with exception for the
347.Pa ~ftp/incoming ,
348as specified below).
349.Bl -tag -width "~ftp/pub" -offset indent
350.It Pa ~ftp
351The
352.Dq ftp
353homedirectory should be owned by root.
354.It Pa ~ftp/bin
355The directory for external programs (such as
356.Xr ls 1 ) .
357These programs must either be statically linked, or you must setup an
358environment for dynamic linking when running chrooted.
359These programs will be used if present:
360.Bl -tag -width "locate" -offset indent
361.It ls
362Used when listing files.
363.It compress
364When retrieving a filename that ends in
365.Pa .Z ,
366and that file isn't present,
367.Nm
368will try to find the filename without
369.Pa .Z
370and compress it on the fly.
371.It gzip
372Same as compress, just with files ending in
373.Pa .gz .
374.It gtar
375Enables retrieval of whole directories as files ending in
376.Pa .tar .
377Can also be combined with compression. You must use GNU Tar (or some
378other that supports the
379.Fl z
380and
381.Fl Z
382flags).
383.It locate
384Will enable ``fast find'' with the
385.Ic SITE FIND
386command. You must also create a
387.Pa locatedb
388file in
389.Pa ~ftp/etc .
390.El
391.It Pa ~ftp/etc
392If you put copies of the
393.Xr passwd 5
394and
395.Xr group 5
396files here, ls will be able to produce owner names rather than
397numbers. Remember to remove any passwords from these files.
398.Pp
399The file
400.Pa motd ,
401if present, will be printed after a successful login.
402.It Pa ~ftp/dev
403Put a copy of
404.Xr /dev/null 7
405here.
406.It Pa ~ftp/pub
407Traditional place to put whatever you want to make public.
408.El
409.Pp
410If you want guests to be able to upload files, create a
411.Pa ~ftp/incoming
412directory owned by
413.Dq root ,
414and group
415.Dq ftp
416with mode 730 (make sure
417.Dq ftp
418is member of group
419.Dq ftp ) .
420The following restrictions apply to anonymous users:
421.Bl -bullet
422.It
423Directories created will have mode 700.
424.It
425Uploaded files will be created with an umask of 777, if not changed
426with the
427.Fl g
428option.
429.It
430These command are not accessible:
431.Ic DELE , RMD , RNTO , RNFR ,
432.Ic SITE UMASK ,
433and
434.Ic SITE CHMOD .
435.It
436Filenames must start with an alpha-numeric character, and consist of
437alpha-numeric characters or any of the following:
438.Li \&+
439(plus),
440.Li \&-
441(minus),
442.Li \&=
443(equal),
444.Li \&_
445(underscore),
446.Li \&.
447(period), and
448.Li \&,
449(comma).
450.El
451.Sh FILES
452.Bl -tag -width /etc/ftpwelcome -compact
453.It Pa /etc/ftpusers
454Access list for users.
455.It Pa /etc/ftpchroot
456List of normal users who should be chroot'd.
457.It Pa /etc/ftpwelcome
458Welcome notice.
459.It Pa /etc/motd
460Welcome notice after login.
461.It Pa /etc/nologin
462Displayed and access refused.
463.It Pa ~/.klogin
464Login access for Kerberos.
465.El
466.Sh SEE ALSO
467.Xr ftp 1 ,
468.Xr otp 1 ,
469.Xr getusershell 3 ,
470.Xr ftpusers 5 ,
471.Xr syslogd 8
472.Sh STANDARDS
473.Bl -tag -compact -width "RFC 1938"
474.It Cm RFC 959
475FTP PROTOCOL SPECIFICATION
476.It Cm RFC 1938
477OTP Specification
478.It Cm RFC 2228
479FTP Security Extensions.
480.El
481.Sh BUGS
482The server must run as the super-user
483to create sockets with privileged port numbers.  It maintains
484an effective user id of the logged in user, reverting to
485the super-user only when binding addresses to sockets.  The
486possible security holes have been extensively
487scrutinized, but are possibly incomplete.
488.Sh HISTORY
489The
490.Nm
491command appeared in
492.Bx 4.2 .
493