ftpshut(1)						      General Commands Manual							ftpshut(1)

NAME

       ftpshut - create shutdown message file to shut down the ftp servers at a given time

SYNOPSIS

       time [ warning-message ... ]

DESCRIPTION

       The  command  provides  an  automated shutdown procedure that a superuser can use to notify ftp users when the ftp server is shutting down.
       This command will create a shutdown message file in the path specified by the 'shutdown' directive in the file in the real,  anonymous  and
       virtual	user  accounts.   For  guest  accounts the system administrator must copy the message file created in the real user account to the
       guest accounts manually.  The server will check this file regularly to see if the server is going to be shut down.

	      This option causes the program to display copyright and version information,
			     then terminate.

	      This option is used as deny_offset. New FTP access is disabled 'min' minutes before
			     shutdown. The default value of 'min' is 10 minutes. This value can be reset by the user.

	      This option is used as disc_offset. All current FTP connections will be dropped 'min'
			     minutes before shutdown. The default value of 'min' is 5 minutes. This value can be reset by the user.

	      time	     time, is the time at which the ftp server will be shutdown. If is set to the word `now' the shutdown will be  immedi-
			     ate.   time  can  also  be set to a future time.  Future time can be specified in one of the two formats: + number or
			     HHMM.  The first format brings the ftp servers down in number minutes.  The second format brings the ftp servers down
			     at the time of day indicated, using a 24-hour clock format.

	      warning-message
			     The  warning-message  is the message the server will flash to its clients on shut down. The user can use a message of
			     his choice or use the 'macros' or 'magic cookies' that are available. The server will  replace  the  macro  with  the
			     specified	text  string.  The warning-message will be formatted to be 75 characters long, including the length of any
			     expanded macros ("magic cookies"). The default warning message is "System shutdown at %s".  The following magic cook-
			     ies are available:

			     %s 	    time system is going to shut down

			     %r 	    time new connections will be denied

			     %d 	    time current connections will be dropped

			     %C 	    current working directory

			     %E 	    the maintainer's email address as defined in ftpaccess

			     %L 	    local host name

			     %M 	    maximum allowed number of users in this class

			     %N 	    current number of users in this class

			     %R 	    remote host name

			     %T 	    local time (form Thu Nov 15 17:12:42 1990)

			     %U 	    username given at login time

WARNINGS

       You can kill the servers only between now and 23:59, if you use the absolute time for

EXIT STATUS

       returns:

	       0 successful

	       1 failure

	      -1 the wrong parameter was passed to

AUTHOR

       was developed by the Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.

SEE ALSO

       ftpaccess(4)

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