From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 27 13:22:02 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CF189651 for ; Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:22:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.lamaiziere.net (net.lamaiziere.net [37.59.62.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94DA017C4 for ; Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:22:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mr185083.univ-rennes1.fr (mr185083.univ-rennes1.fr [129.20.185.83]) by smtp.lamaiziere.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id A0A9729C3; Mon, 27 Jan 2014 14:13:50 +0100 (CET) Received: from mr185083 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mr185083.univ-rennes1.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5240170DC; Mon, 27 Jan 2014 14:13:50 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 14:13:50 +0100 From: Patrick Lamaiziere To: Chris Ross , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Advertising a specific address and/or port range for ftpd Message-ID: <20140127141350.768fccea@mr185083> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.2) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (smtp.lamaiziere.net [0.0.0.0]); Mon, 27 Jan 2014 14:13:50 +0100 (CET) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:22:02 -0000 Le Sun, 26 Jan 2014 22:33:46 -0500, Chris Ross a écrit : > I am migrating some server functionality from a NetBSD host to a > newly built FreeBSD (stable/10) host. One of the functions of this > server is accepting authenticated FTP connections to receive data > files. The NetBSD ftpd has a configuration file (ftpd.conf) that > allows, amongst other things, setting the "advertised address" and > "port range" to be used for PASV connections (and assumedly EPSV, for > port range). Is any of this possible with the base ftpd in FreeBSD > 10? If not, is there a well-known suggested port that can be > configured to perform this way? Running ftpd out of inetd would be > fine, but I could run it as a long-lived service if that's strongly > recommended. I don't know for the base ftpd, pure-ftpd has these features. I use it since years without any problem. It also provides virtual users and is IMO very easy to configure. Regards,