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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 19:43:11 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 19:43:11 +0000 |
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diff --git a/upstream/opensuse-tumbleweed/man5/ftpusers.5 b/upstream/opensuse-tumbleweed/man5/ftpusers.5 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9af5c521 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/opensuse-tumbleweed/man5/ftpusers.5 @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Christoph J. Thompson <obituary@linuxbe.org> +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later +.\" +.TH ftpusers 5 2022-10-30 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.SH NAME +ftpusers \- list of users that may not log in via the FTP daemon +.SH DESCRIPTION +The text file +.B ftpusers +contains a list of users that may not log in using the +File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server daemon. +This file is used not merely for +system administration purposes but also for improving security within a TCP/IP +networked environment. +.PP +The +.B ftpusers +file will typically contain a list of the users that +either have no business using ftp or have too many privileges to be allowed +to log in through the FTP server daemon. +Such users usually include root, daemon, bin, uucp, and news. +.PP +If your FTP server daemon doesn't use +.BR ftpusers , +then it is suggested that you read its documentation to find out how to +block access for certain users. +Washington University FTP server Daemon +(wuftpd) and Professional FTP Daemon (proftpd) are known to make use of +.BR ftpusers . +.SS Format +The format of +.B ftpusers +is very simple. +There is one account name (or username) per line. +Lines starting with a # are ignored. +.SH FILES +.I /etc/ftpusers +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR passwd (5), +.BR proftpd (8), +.BR wuftpd (8) |