COMMAND

    wuftpd

SYSTEMS AFFECTED

    RedHat 6.1

PROBLEM

    m4rcyS found following.  Everything happens on vanilla RH 6.1 box.

        $ man ftpaccess

               guestserver [<hostname>]
                    Controls  which  hosts  may  be used for anonymous or
                    guest access.  If used without <hostname>, denies all
                    guest  or  anonymous  access to this site.  More than
                    one <hostname> may be specified.  Guest and anonymous
                    access  will  only  be allowed on the named machines.
                    If access is denied, the user will be ased to use the
                    first <hostname> listed.

    This one looks especially interesting: "If used without <hostname>
    denies all guest  or anonymous access  to this site."   Hmm, let's
    try:

        # echo guestserver >>/etc/ftpaccess
        $ ftp 0
        Connected to 0.
        220 FTP server ready.
        Name (0:marcys): ftp
        331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.

SOLUTION

    Huh ?  Now there're 3 possibilities:

        1. ftpd bug
        2. man page bug
        3. Someone misunderstanding all this stuff

    Which one's correct ?   '2' is the correct  answer.  The  hostname
    parameter should  be documented  as required.   To deny  anonymous
    access on the server, use the defaultserver clause:

        defaultserver private

    There is another bug in  manpage.  Patch?  It's  straightforward -
    just do:

        sed -e 's/ased/asked/g' /usr/man/man5/ftpaccess.5 >~/abc ;
        mv -f ~/abc /usr/man/man5/ftpaccess.5

    As for issue above, I don't know yet.