FTPD-FTAM(8C)

NAME
ftpd-ftam - MITRE FTP/FTAM gateway

SYNOPSIS
in.ftpd-ftam [host.socket]
(under inetd )

DESCRIPTION
The ftpd-ftam server appears to be the DARPA Internet File Transfer Protocol server process, but is really an FTP/FTAM gateway. See ftpd(8C) for details on the FTP service.

When using ftp with the MITRE FTP/FTAM gateway, the true destination is encoded in the user name (i.e., user@osi-host) or using the ftp SITE command. If further accounting information is required by the true destination, the ACCT command is used separately and the SITE command must be used to specify the destination.

Note that the FTP/FTAM gateway is currently available on a different port than the FTP service on the gateway. To select the FTP/FTAM gateway, tell your ftp client program to connect to port 531 on the gateway host. For example, using ftp (1c):

% ftp
ftp> open gateway 531
Name (gateway:user): user@osihost
Password:

SEE ALSO
ftp(1C), ftpusers(5), ftpd(8C)

AUTHORS
Original version written by John A. Scott of the MITRE Corporation. Upgraded to “IS-level” by Philip B. Jelfs of the Wollongong Group.

BUGS
Ftp current directory commands (cd and pwd) are not supported by the gateway (there is no FTAM equivalent).

The daemon should implement a crude form of access control for accouting purposes (FTAM service might not be free in all environments).