ftpfs(4) [plan9 man page]

FTPFS(4)						     Kernel Interfaces Manual							  FTPFS(4)

NAME

       ftpfs  - file transfer protocol (FTP) file system

SYNOPSIS

       ftpfs [ -/dq ] [ -m mountpoint ] [ -a password ] system

DESCRIPTION

       Ftpfs dials the TCP file transfer protocol (FTP) port, 21, on system and mounts itself (see bind(2)) on mountpoint (default /n/ftp) to pro-
       vide access to files on the remote machine.  If required by the remote machine, ftpfs will prompt for a user name and password.	 The  user
       names  ftp  and anonymous conventionally offer guest/read-only access to machines.  Anonymous FTP may be called without user interaction by
       using the -a option and specifying the password.

       By default the file seen at the mount point is the user's remote home directory.  The option -/ forces the mount point to correspond to the
       remote root.

       To avoid seeing startup messages from the server use option -q.	To see all messages from the server use option -d.

       To terminate the connection, unmount (see bind(1)) the mount point.

EXAMPLE

       You  want  anonymous  FTP  access to the system export.lcs.mit.edu.  The first import(4) command is only necessary if your machine does not
       have access to the desired system, but another, called gateway in this example, does.

	      import gateway /net
	      ftpfs -a yourname@yourmachine export.lcs.mit.edu

SOURCE

       /sys/src/cmd/ftpfs

SEE ALSO

       bind(2)

BUGS

       Symbolic links on remote Unix systems will always have mode 0777 and a length of 8.

       After connecting to a TOPS-20 system, the mount point will contain only one directory, usually /n/ftp/PS:<ANONYMOUS>.  However, walking	to
       any valid directory on that machine will succeed and cause that directory entry to appear under the mount point.

       Ftpfs caches files and directories.  A directory will fall from the cache after 5 quiescent minutes or if the local user changes the direc-
       tory by writing or removing a file.  Otherwise, remote changes to the directory that occur after the directory has been cached might not be
       immediately visible.

       There  is no way to issue the appropriate commands to handle special synthetic FTP file types such as directories that automatically return
       a tar of their contents.

																	  FTPFS(4)

ftpconfig(1M)                                             System Administration Commands                                             ftpconfig(1M)

NAME

       ftpconfig - set up anonymous FTP

SYNOPSIS

       ftpconfig [ftpdir]

       ftpconfig -d ftpdir

DESCRIPTION

       The ftpconfig script is executed by the super user to set up anonymous FTP. Anonymous FTP allows users to remotely log on to the FTP server
       by specifying the user name  ftp or anonymous and the user's email  address as password. The anonymous users  are  logged  on  to  the  FTP
       Server  and  given  access to a restricted file area with its own file system root. See chroot(2). The FTP area has  its own minimal system
       files.

       This command will copy and set up all the components needed to operate an anonymous FTP server, including creating the  ftp  user  account,
       creating  device  nodes,  copying  /usr/lib files, and copying timezone data.  The passwd and group files set up have been stripped down to
       prevent malicious users from finding login names on the server.  The anonymous file area will be placed  under  ftpdir.  If  the  ftp  user
       account already exists, then the current FTP area is used, and the system files in it are updated. All other files are left untouched. This
       command should be run to update the anonymous FTP area's configuration whenever a system patch is installed, or the system is upgraded.

OPTIONS

       -d       Create a new or update an existing ftpdir without creating or updating the ftp user account. Use this option when  creating  guest
                FTP user accounts.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       ftpdir   The absolute pathname of the directory under which the anonymous FTP area is set up.

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0        Successful completion

       1        Improper usage of the command

       2        Command failed

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5)  for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWftpu                     |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability          |Evolving                     |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       ftpaddhost(1M), in.ftpd(1M), useradd(1M), chroot(2), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10                                                          1 May 2003                                                       ftpconfig(1M)