osf1 man page for ftpusers

Query: ftpusers

OS: osf1

Section: 4

Format: Original Unix Latex Style Formatted with HTML and a Horizontal Scroll Bar

ftpusers(4)						     Kernel Interfaces Manual						       ftpusers(4)

NAME
ftpusers - The ftpd security file
SYNOPSIS
/etc/ftpusers
DESCRIPTION
The ftpd security file rejects remote logins to local user accounts specified in /etc/ftpusers. Restricted accounts appear one to a line; white space is prohibited. Account names must match exactly the user account name in the /etc/passwd file. If the file does not exist, ftpd does not do security checks.
EXAMPLES
The following are sample entries in an /etc/ftpusers file: root guest ftp user1 UUCP
FILES
Contains user information not to be used by the remote File Transfer Protocol users.
RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: ftp(1) Daemons: ftpd(8) delim off ftpusers(4)
Related Man Pages
ftpusers(5) - suse
ftpusers(5) - netbsd
pam_ftpusers(8) - netbsd
ftpchroot(5) - osx
pam_ftpusers(8) - freebsd
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