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pure-mrtginfo(8)                                                     Pure-FTPd                                                    pure-mrtginfo(8)

NAME
pure-mrtginfo - provide an MRTG-graphable user count for ftpd SYNOPSIS
pure-mrtginfo [server port] DESCRIPTION
Pure-Mrtginfo counts the number of clients currently connected to ftpd(8) and output the format in a format graphable by MRTG. OPTIONS
server port : defaults to 21. FILES
/proc/net/tcp is used to count the connectiont to port 21. /proc/sys/kernel/hostname is used to get the fully qualified hostname. /proc/uptime is used to get the uptime. MRTG
MRTG is a really nice package for graphing router traffic. Mrtg can also graph other information is available via SNMP or by running a program such as pure-mrtginfo. The author of this program uses it to graph CPU load, /var usage etc., and naturally the number of users connected to his FTP servers. See http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/ for more information about MRTG. BUGS
This program only works on GNU/Linux systems yet. HOME PAGE
http://www.pureftpd.org/ AUTHOR AND LICENSE
Written by Arnt Gulbrandsen <agulbra@troll.no> and copyright 1995-2002 Troll Tech AS, Waldemar Thranes gate 98B, N-0175 Oslo, Norway, fax +47 22806380. Pure-FTPd (C)opyleft 2001-2011 by Frank DENIS <j at pureftpd dot org> and the Pure-FTPd team. Use, modification and distribution is allowed without limitation, warranty, or liability of any kind. SEE ALSO
ftp(1), pure-ftpd(8) pure-ftpwho(8) pure-mrtginfo(8) pure-uploadscript(8) pure-statsdecode(8) pure-pw(8) pure-quotacheck(8) pure-authd(8) RFC 959, RFC 2228, RFC 2389 and RFC 2428. Pure-FTPd Team 1.0.36 pure-mrtginfo(8)

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pure-uploadscript(8)						     Pure-FTPd						      pure-uploadscript(8)

NAME
pure-uploadscript - Automatically run an external program after a successful upload SYNTAX
pure-uploadscript [-p </path/to/pidfile>] [-B] [-g <gid>] [-h] -r <program to run> [-u <uid>] DESCRIPTION
If Pure-FTPd is compiled with --with-uploadscript (default in binary distributions), and if the -o (or --uploadscript) is passed to the server, a named pipe called /var/run/pure-ftpd.upload.pipe is created. You will also notice an important file called /var/run/pure-ftpd.upload.lock, used for locking. After a successful upload, the file name is written to the pipe. pure-uploadscript reads this pipe to automatically run any program or script to process the newly uploaded file. OPTIONS
-B Daemonize the process and fork it in background. -g <gid> Switch the group ID to <gid>. -h or --help Display available options. -r <program to run> Tell what program/script to run. It has to be an absolute filename, the PATH environment variable is ignored. The first argument of that program will be the unquoted name of the newly uploaded file. Environment variables aren't cleared. So don't put sensitive data in them before calling pure-uploadscript if you switch uid. -u <uid> Switch the user ID to <uid>. ENVIRONMENT
When the upload script is run, the name of the newly uploaded file is the first argument passed to the script (referenced as $1 by most shells) . Some environment variables are also filled by useful info about the file. UPLOAD_SIZE The size of the file, in bytes. UPLOAD_PERMS The permissions, as an octal integer. UPLOAD_UID The numerical UID of the owner. UPLOAD_GID The numerical GID of the owner. UPLOAD_USER The login of the owner. UPLOAD_GROUP The group name the files belongs to. UPLOAD_VUSER The full user name, or the virtual user name (127 chars max) . FILES
/var/run/pure-ftpd.upload.pipe /var/run/pure-ftpd.upload.lock /var/run/pure-uploadscript.pid SECURITY
pure-ftpd and pure-uploadscript are trying to limit security implications of such a feature. - The pipe can only be created and opened by root. It must have perms 600, with uid 0, or it will be ignored. - The argument passed to an external program/script is always an exact absolute path name. It doesn't get fooled by chroot()ed environ- ments, and by absolute or relative paths added to the STOR command. - UID and GID are set just after parsing command-line options, and pure-uploadscript never gets back supervisor privileges. - Descriptors to the pipe are never passed to external programs/scripts. So when UID switched, the target user can't mess the pipe. - Only regular files are processed, control characters are rejected, and a header+footer avoid partial file names. - Two external programs/scripts can't run at the same time. Uploads are always processed sequentially, in chronological order. This is to avoid denial-of-services by issuing a lot of simultaneous STOR commands in order to launch a fork bomb on the server. For this reason, your programs shouldn't take a long time to complete (but they can run themselves in background) . EXAMPLES
A sample script could be : #! /bin/sh echo "$1 uploaded" | /usr/bin/mutt -s "New upload : $1" ftpadmin@dom.ai.n Never forget to quote ("variable") all variables in all your shell scripts to avoid security flaws. AUTHORS
Frank DENIS <j at pureftpd dot org> SEE ALSO
ftp(1), pure-ftpd(8) pure-ftpwho(8) pure-mrtginfo(8) pure-uploadscript(8) pure-statsdecode(8) pure-pw(8) pure-quotacheck(8) pure-authd(8) RFC 959, RFC 2228, RFC 2389 and RFC 2428. Pure-FTPd team 1.0.36 pure-uploadscript(8)
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