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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:25:29 UTC
The branch main has been updated by 0mp (doc, ports committer):
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=bad2f716f4d3453fb9156b603cfaca44ea30fa31
commit bad2f716f4d3453fb9156b603cfaca44ea30fa31
Author: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2022-06-28 13:13:39 +0000
Commit: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2022-06-28 13:20:05 +0000
ftp: Use /var/spool/ftp as ftp's home consistently
The home directory of the ftp user is /var/spool/ftp according to
hier(7). Update the manual page of ftpd(8) to reflect that.
MFC after: 2 weeks
---
libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8 | 7 +++++--
share/man/man7/hier.7 | 4 +++-
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8 b/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8
index 0cd62899189c..868acac61699 100644
--- a/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8
+++ b/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" @(#)ftpd.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd January 21, 2010
+.Dd June 28, 2022
.Dt FTPD 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ uses its left-hand side as the name of the directory to do
.Xr chroot 2
to, and its right-hand side to change the current directory to afterwards.
A typical example for this case would be
-.Pa /usr/local/ftp/./pub .
+.Pa /var/spool/ftp/./pub .
In order that system security is not breached, it is recommended
that the
.Dq ftp
@@ -555,6 +555,9 @@ Displayed and access refused.
Log file for anonymous transfers.
.It Pa /var/log/xferlog
Default place for session logs.
+.It Pa /var/spool/ftp
+Recommended directory for the FTP root directory
+(the home directory of the ftp user).
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ftp 1 ,
diff --git a/share/man/man7/hier.7 b/share/man/man7/hier.7
index 93a7a86ec761..0696033878ff 100644
--- a/share/man/man7/hier.7
+++ b/share/man/man7/hier.7
@@ -893,7 +893,9 @@ undelivered submission mail queue;
see
.Xr sendmail 8
.It Pa ftp/
-commonly ~ftp; the anonymous ftp root directory
+ftp root directory;
+see
+.Xr ftpd 8
.It Pa mqueue/
undelivered mail queue;
see