On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 15:39 -0400, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
> I've added some more description about it ('-a') in the man page
> which describes the argument itself and all the values it can
> possess. However, 3 of 5 options are not implemented in the
> current code. 'Kerberos', 'Kerberos5' and 'Opie' do nothing but
> falling back to 'passwd' authentication. I also included them in
> the manual.
>
> The man pages do not actually document the programs in inetutils, the
> texi manual in doc/ does that. Sadly, the manual is in poor shape.
> Could you add a note about this there as well?
Done.
patch for texi doc is attached.
>
> PS, Is there any plan too add kerberos support to ftpd ? I mean do you
> think it will worth the effort ?
>
> I have never used Kerberos, so it is really up to you; I think it is a
> good idea if it does not take to much time.
>
>
>
> Other than that, looks OK.
OK. I'll see if I can make it work with a not-so-big patch.
Index: doc/ftpd.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/inetutils/inetutils/doc/ftpd.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -u -r1.1 ftpd.texi
--- doc/ftpd.texi 11 Nov 2001 03:40:54 -0000 1.1
+++ doc/ftpd.texi 4 Sep 2008 17:14:07 -0000
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
@item [EMAIL PROTECTED]
@opindex -a
@opindex --auth
-Give anonymous an other login-name (anonymous and ftpd will still work).
+Specifies which authentication mechanism to use for incoming connections.
+Default mode is UNIX 'passwd'. Other possible values are: kerberos, kerberos5 and Opie.
+Note that anonymous logins will still work with this option being used.
@item -D
@itemx --daemon
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