WU-FTPD 2.6.1 Release Notes (5900-2465, September 2012)

1 WU-FTPD 2.6.1 Release Notes
This document discusses the most recent product information pertaining to WU-FTPD 2.6.1. It also
discusses how to install WU-FTPD 2.6.1 on the HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2, and HP-UX 11i v3
operating systems.
This document addresses the following topics:
• “Announcement” (page 4)
• “What is in this version” (page 4)
• “WU-FTPD 2.6.1 features” (page 5)
• “Changed and removed features” (page 30)
• “Compatibility and installation information” (page 31)
• “Known problems and limitations” (page 32)
• “Related information” (page 32)
• “Defects fixed in this release” (page 33)
Announcement
The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) enables you to transfer files between a client host system and a
remote server host system. On the client system, a file transfer program provides a user interface
to FTP; on the server, the requests are handled by the FTP daemon, ftpd. WU-FTPD 2.6.1 is an
HP implementation of the FTP daemon based on the replacement FTP daemon, developed at
Washington University.
WU-FTPD 2.6.1 is the latest version of WU-FTPD available on the HP-UX 11i v1 and HP-UX 11i
v3 operating systems. It is available for download at http://h20293.www2.hp.com/.
For the HP-UX 11i v2 operating system, WU-FTPD 2.6.1 is available in the core HP-UX operating
system.
Starting with March 2008, WU-FTPD 2.6.1 for HP-UX 11i v3 is also available in the DVD delivered
as part of the HP-UX 11i v3 operating system.
For the HP-UX 11i v1 operating system, WU-FTPD 2.6.1 adds new functionality to WU-FTPD 2.4,
which is delivered as part of the core HP-UX 11i v1 operating system.
IMPORTANT: If you do not want to use the new features of WU-FTPD 2.6.1, you need not modify
your existing configuration settings apart from certain exceptions discussed in “Compatibility
information” (page 31).
The following RFCs are implemented in WU-FTPD 2.6.1:
• RFC 959 (FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL (FTP))
• RFC 1639 (FTP Operation Over Big Address Records (FOOBAR))
• RFC 2428 (FTP Extensions for IPv6 and NATs)
What is in this version
The revision of WU-FTPD 2.6.1, B.11.11.01.014 on the HP-UX 11i v1 operating system contains
defect fixes.
For information on defect fixes, see “Defects fixed in this release” (page 33).
4 WU-FTPD 2.6.1 Release Notes