Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 13:05:11 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/6647: ftpd: man page at variance with code (e.g., -a flag) Message-ID: <199805152005.NAA00469@shrimp.whistle.com>
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>Number: 6647
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: ftpd: man page at variance with code (e.g., -a flag)
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Fri May 15 13:10:00 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: David Wolfskill
>Organization:
Whistle Communications
>Release: FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386
>Environment:
Vanilla FreeBSD 2.2.6, at least.
>Description:
Man page for ftpd documents a "-a" flag (no argument required:
SYNOPSIS
ftpd [ -d ] [ -l ] [ -ttimeout ] [ -Tmaxtimeout ] [ -a ]
[ -A ] [ -L ] [ -i ] [ -I ] [ -o ] [ -O ]
...
If the -a option is specified, the use of the ftpaccess(5)
configuration file is enabled.
...
The code, however, differs (see below for a demonstration):
bind_address.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "AdlDSURt:T:u:va:p:")) != -1) {
switch (ch) {
...
case 'a':
if (!inet_aton(optarg, &bind_address))
errx(1, "invalid address for -a");
break;
...
>How-To-Repeat:
pau-amma[7]% /usr/libexec/ftpd -a
ftpd: option requires an argument -- a
ftpd: unknown flag -a ignored
pau-amma[8]%
>Fix:
Make appropriate changes to cause the code and the man page to be
self-consistent. In the mean time, avoiding the -a flag seems prudent.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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