twoftpd-auth(1)
TwoFTPD authentication front-end
SYNOPSIS
twoftpd-auth
cvmodule
twoftpd-xfer
DESCRIPTION
twoftpd-auth
reads a username and password from the network and authenticates them
using the CVM module
cvmodule.
If the authentication succeeds, it sets the environment variables
UID,
GID,
HOME,
and
USER
to the user's UID, GID, home directory, and login name respectively,
and then executes
twoftpd-xfer.
It also sets
GROUP
if the CVM reports a group name, and
AUTHENTICATED
to
1
(twoftpd-auth
and
twoftpd-xfer
look for this variable to determine what startup banner code to use).
ENVIRONMENT
- AUTH_ATTEMPTS
-
The maximum number of authentication attempts to allow before dropping
the connection.
- AUTH_TIMEOUT
-
The maximum number of seconds to wait for successful authentication.
- LOGINBANNER
-
If set, the contents of this variable will be sent as extra responses
before the user logs in.
- TIMEOUT
-
The maximum number of seconds to wait for command input.
