FTPUSERS(5)

NAME
ftpusers - file which lists users who are not allowed to use ftp

DESCRIPTION
/etc/ftpusers is used by ftpd(8); the file contains a list of users who are not allowed to use the ftp command. For security reasons at least users like "root", "bin", "uucp" or "news" should be listed in this file. Blank lines and lines beginning with "#" are ignored. Remember that the whole line will be used for the username, so please don't use the "#" character after a name to comment this entry.

EXAMPLES
/etc/ftpusers may contain the following entries:

#
# /etc/ftpusers
#
root
uucp
news

FILES
/etc/ftpusers

SEE ALSO
ftp(1), ftpd(8)