HP-UX Remote Access Services Administrator's Guide

Table 2-2 FTP Daemon timeout Options (continued)
DescriptionOption
The time period the daemon waits for the next command. The default value is 900
seconds.
idle
The maximum time period for which the daemon allows for the entire RFC 931
(AUTH/ident) conversation. The default value is 10 seconds.
RFC931
The SITE IDLE command allows the remote client to establish a higher value for the
idle timeout. With the maxidle option in the /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess file, you can
override the value set with the SITE IDLE command. The default value is 1200 seconds.
maxidle
The timeout syntax is as follows:
timeout accept <seconds>
timeout connect <seconds>
timeout data <seconds>
timeout idle <seconds>
timeout maxidle <seconds>
timeout RFC931 <seconds>
Following are some examples for the timeout clause:
timeout idle 200
Displays the message Current IDLE time limit is 200 seconds; max 7200
timeout maxidle 6200
Displays the message Current IDLE time limit is 200 seconds; max 6200
timeout RFC931 0
Disables RFC 931-based authentication, because 0 is specified.
Enhanced DNS Extensions
This feature is used to refuse (or override) an FTP session when a reverse DNS lookup
fails.
The syntax for the enhanced DNS extension feature is as follows:
dns refuse_mismatch <filename> [ override ]
dns refuse_no_reverse <filename> [ override ]
dns resolveroptions <options>
Reported Address Control
This feature allows you to impose control on the address reported in response to a
PASVcommand and on the TCP port numbers that can be used for a passive data
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