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.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Christoph J. Thompson <obituary@linuxbe.org>
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.\" Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111,
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.\" USA.
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.TH FTPUSERS 5 2000-08-27 "File formats" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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ftpusers \- list of users that may not log in via the FTP daemon
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The text file
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.B ftpusers
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contains a list of users that may not log in using the
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File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server daemon.
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This file is used not merely for
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system administration purposes but for improving security within a TCP/IP
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networked environment.
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It will typically contain a list of the users that
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either have no business using ftp or have too many privileges to be allowed
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to log in through the FTP server daemon.
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Such users usually include root, daemon, bin, uucp, and news.
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If your FTP server daemon doesn't use
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.B ftpusers
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then it is suggested that you read its documentation to find out how to
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block access for certain users.
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Washington University FTP server Daemon
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(wuftpd) and Professional FTP Daemon (proftpd) are known to make use of
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.BR ftpusers .
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.SH FORMAT
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The format of
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.B ftpusers
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is very simple.
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There is one account name (or user name) per line.
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Lines starting with a # are ignored.
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.SH FILES
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.I /etc/ftpusers
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR passwd (5),
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.BR proftpd (8),
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.BR wuftpd (8)
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