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- = RELEASE NOTES =
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- WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY FTP SERVER, RELEASE 2.4.2 - February, 1999
-
- wu-ftpd is a replacement ftp server for Un*x systems. Besides
- supporting the ftp protocol defined in RFC 959, it adds the following
- features:
- o logging of transfers
- o logging of commands
- o on the fly compression and archiving
- o classification of users on type and location
- o per class limits
- o per directory upload permissions
- o restricted guest accounts
- o system wide and per directory messages.
- o directory alias
- o cdpath
- o filename filter
- o virtual host support (similar to the apache httpd server)
-
- This release is maintained by Academ Consulting Services as a public service
- to the Internet. Please report bugs to wu-ftpd-bugs@academ.com. Be sure to
- include a specific description of how to reproduce the bug, your hardware
- and software release levels and the name and version of the compiler you
- used to build the server.
-
- It is strongly recommended that you READ ALL THESE FILES before you start
- attempting to to install this software:
-
- o INSTALL covers basic installation.
- o NOTES covers some specific issues with respect to documentation and
- some system specific information.
- o VIRTUAL.FTP.SUPPORT outlines how to configure this feature of
- this server.
-
- For help setting up this server, you can try the following sources:
- o _Managing Internet Information Services_, An O'Reilly and Associates
- book. This book has many excellent chapters on setting up
- anonymous ftp sites using standard ftp servers as well as the wu-ftp
- server.
- o WU-FTPD FAQs
- - Koos van den Hout's FAQ at http://www.hvu.nl/~koos/wu-ftpd-faq.html
- - Washinton University at St. Louis' Web Page: http://www.wustl.edu/ftp
- o WU-FTPD Resource Pages
- - Kent Landfield's Resource Pages: http://www.landfield.com/wu-ftpd
- - Academ Consulting Services' Page: http://www.academ.com/academ/wu-ftpd
- o The wu-ftpd mailing list. To subscribe, send email with the
- message body of "subscribe wu-ftpd" to listproc@mail.wustl.edu
- NOTE: If you are reporting a bug, please be sure to copy your message
- to wu-ftpd-bugs@academ.com so it will get a tracking number.
-
- The following notices apply to this package:
-
- Copyright (c) 1994 Washington University in Saint Louis.
- All rights reserved.
-
- This product includes software developed by Washington University in
- Saint Louis and its contributors
-
- Copyright (c) 1980, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990 The Regents of the
- University of California. All rights reserved.
-
- This product includes software developed by the University of California,
- Berkeley and its contributors.
-
- THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND CONTRIBUTORS
- ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
- A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL WASHINGTON
- UNIVERSITY OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
- INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
- BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
- LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
- CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
- LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN
- ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
- POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-
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