addftpuser(8)

NAME

addftpuser - set up anonymous FTP user
rmftpuser - remove anonymous FTP user

SYNOPSIS

addftpuser  [--group  <group>]  [--check-binaries]  [--update-binaries]
[--help] [--version]
rmftpuser

DESCRIPTION

addftpuser command can create anonymous FTP user, set up its home directory, install neccessary binaries in it, set or correct all the permissions in it, and make a directory for user uploads under it.
rmftpuser command can remove the anonymous FTP user, along with its home directory.

OPTIONS

--group <group>

use this group for the anonymous FTP account.

--check-binaries

Check whether the binaries and libraries of the ftp hierarchy should be updated or not (an exit status of 0 means no update required).

--update-binaries

Update binaries and libraries of the anonymous ftp hierarchy.

--help Display some help and exit.

--version

Output version information and exit.

The rmftpuser command ignores any command line options or parame

ters.

SEE ALSO

ftpd(8)

AUTHORS

Copyright (C) 1995 Peter Tobias <tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de> changed some parts Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>. This manpage was written by Vincent Renardias <vincent@ldsol.com> for the Debian GNU/Linux wu-ftpd-academ package.

Debian Project July 1999 addftpuser(8)