What's New for the Solaris 9 FTP Server?
Significant changes were made to the FTP Server in the Solaris 9
release, so this section has been retained for the Solaris 10 release. The
FTP Server is compatible with Solaris 8 FTP software, yet offers new capability
with improved performance for Solaris 9 users.
Table 27-1 What's New for the Solaris 9 FTP Server
Feature |
Description |
For Information |
|---|
User classification by type and location |
Permits
you to define a class of users, based on type and address |
How to Define FTP Server Classes |
Limits
per class |
Controls the number of users from a certain class who are
allowed simultaneous login, based on limits that are set in the ftpaccess file |
How to Set User Login Limits |
System-wide
and directory-related messages |
Displays the messages that you specify for particular events |
How to Create Messages to Be Sent to Users |
Upload permissions
per directory |
Allows you to control uploads to the FTP Server, including file
and directory creation and permissions |
How to Control Uploads to the FTP Server |
File name filter |
Enables you to specify which characters, in
what sequence, are acceptable in the name of an uploaded file |
How to Control Uploads to the FTP Server |
Virtual host support |
Permits
you to configure the FTP server to support multiple domains on a single
machine |
How to Enable Complete Virtual Hosting |
Command logging |
Allows logging of commands that are executed by real, guest, and
anonymous FTP users |
How to Check the Commands Executed by FTP Users |
Transfer logging |
Allows logging of transfers for real, guest, and anonymous FTP
users |
ftpaccess(4), xferlog(4), in.ftpd(1M) |
As-needed compression and archiving |
Allows as-needed compression and archiving by using
conversions that are specified in the ftpconversions file |
ftpconversions(4), ftpaccess(4) |
The following list shows the Solaris 8 features that are not supported in
later releases.
The Solaris 8 /etc/default/ftpd is not supported in later releases. During upgrade, BANNER and UMASK entries are converted to their wu-ftpd equivalents. However, the system administrator might need to manually convert some BANNER lines for the equivalent ftpaccess greeting capability. For further information, see ftpaccess(4).
The sublogin feature that is provided by the Solaris 8 FTP Server is not supported by the Solaris 9 FTP Server.
