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.TH FTPD 8
.SH NAME
ftpd \- Internet File Transfer Protocol server
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ftpd
.RB [ \-d ]
.RB [ \-q ]
.RB [ \-D ]
.RI [ port ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Ftpd
implements the server side of the Internet File Transfer Protocol,
and listens to the standard FTP port # 21, unless otherwise specified on the command line.
.PP
If the 
.B \-d
option is specified,
debugging information is written to the console. Multiple 
.B \-d
options may be specified for increased verbosity level. More than 4 is not meaningful.
.PP
.B Ftpd
will normally detach itself from the controlling terminal. If the 
.B \-D
option is specified, such detach is prevented. 
.PP
If the
.B \-q
option is specified or the environment variable 
.I QEMU=1 
is present,
.B ftpd
will enter QEMU mode and assume to be running in the QEMU emulator
and remap ports and IP-addresses accordingly.
The mappings correspond with the setup provided for QEMU in the 
.I qemu.sh
script in the distribution. When QEMU mode is active, the server 
will check for loopback connections and turn off QEMU mode 
if detected, in order for file transfers to work correctly. Loopback mode is meaningful for testing only.
.PP
The QEMU and debug modes can also be set from the client via the SITE command, see below.
.PP
The ftp server
will timeout an inactive session after 15 minutes. 
.PP
The ftp server currently supports (or will support) the following subset of the ftp command repertoire,
case is not distinguished. The commands marked with a '*' are planned, but not currently implemented.
.PP
.nf
.ta \w'Request        'u
\fBRequest	Description\fR
ABOR*	abort previous command
CWD	change working directory
DELE	delete a file
HELP	give help information
LIST	give list files in a directory (``ls -l'')
MKD	make a directory
NLST	give name list of files in directory 
NOOP	do nothing
PASS	specify password
PASV	set passive mode
PORT	specify data connection port
PWD	print the current working directory
QUIT	terminate session
RETR	retrieve a file
RMD	remove a directory
SIZE*	return size of file
SITE	accept SITE specific command
STAT	return status of server
STOR	store a file
SYST	show operating system type of server system
TYPE	specify data transfer \fItype\fP
USER	specify user name
.fi
.PP
The remaining ftp commands specified in Internet RFC 959 are
reported as unrecognized.
.PP
For simplicity, the 
.I TYPE
command is ignored. File transfers are always binary (IMAGE mode), directory transfers are ASCII.
This applies only to the server, it is still necessary to set the desired transfer mode in the client.
.PP
The ftp server will abort an active file transfer only when the
ABOR command is preceded by a Telnet "Interrupt Process" (IP)
signal and a Telnet "Synch" signal in the command Telnet stream,
as described in Internet RFC 959. (Not yet implemented).
.PP
The
.I SITE 
command implements the following subcommands:
.PP
.I IDLE
- which without a parameter will display the current idle timeout value in seconds. Add a numeric argument to the 
.i IDLE 
subcommand to set the timeout value. Acceptable range is 30 to 2700 seconds.
.PP
.I QEMU
- which will toggle QEMU mode.
.PP
.I DEBUG
- which will increase the server's debug level.
.PP
.B Ftpd
interprets file names according to the ``globbing''
conventions used by the 
.IR sash (1)
command.
This allows users to utilize the metacharacters *?[].
.PP
The current implementation of 
.B ftpd
requires username and password to be specified, but ignores them. 
Future implementations may support authentication via 
.IR /etc/passwd ,
(no null passwords), and 
.IR /etc/ftpusers ,
which contains user names not to be allowed 
.B ftp 
access.
Anonymous authentication is not supported.
.PP
.B Ftpd
implements no securtity measures, and runs from the authenticated user's (currently root) home directory.
CWD to any directory is allowed, which - in combination with the DELETE and RMDIR commands - may be very dangerous.
.SH FILES
/etc/net.cfg, /bin/net
.SH "SEE ALSO"
ftp(1), ftpget(1), ftpput(1)
.SH BUGS
The lack of security measures makes it easy for inexperienced users to inflict havoc on the system.
.PP
When running under QEMU, 
.B ftpd
will hang if file transefers (including using the DIR and LS commands) unless QEMU mode has been set.
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