System Administration Guide: Network Services

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.