ProFTPD module mod_site

ProFTPD module `mod_site_misc`

The mod_site_misc module implements miscellaneous SITE commands, such as:

SITE MKDIR
SITE RMDIR
SITE SYMLINK
SITE UTIME

This module is contained in the contrib/mod_site_misc.c file for ProFTPD 1.2, and is not compiled by default. Installation instructions are discussed here.

Author

Please contact TJ Saunders <tj at castaglia.org> with any questions, concerns, or suggestions regarding this module.

Thanks

2003-02-14: Thanks to Kamil Burzynski (K.Burzynski at adbglobal.com) for providing SITE MKDIR and SITE RMDIR code
2003-10-27: Thanks to Peter Hatch (pete at parcplace.net) for providing SITE SYMLINK code

SITE MKDIR

This SITE command allows the creation of a full directory path, similar to mkdir -p /path/to/dir. It is primarily for convenience, instead of having to use a loop of MKD and CWD commands; the normal MKD FTP command only creates a single directory at a time.

The syntax for SITE MKDIR is:

  SITE MKDIR path

Use of this SITE command can be controlled via <Limit> sections, e.g.:

  <Limit SITE_MKDIR>
    AllowUser alex
    DenyAll
  </Limit>





SITE RMDIR
This SITE command allows the deletion of a full directory
path, similar to rm -fr /path/to/dir.  It recursively deletes all
of the files and directories under the given path.  This command is
primarily for convenience, instead of having to use a loop of NLST,
DELE, and CWD commands; the normal DELE
FTP command only deletes a single file at a time, and the normal
RMD command does not handle removing directories that are not
empty.


The syntax for SITE RMDIR is:
  SITE RMDIR path



Use of this SITE command can be controlled via
<Limit> sections, e.g.:
  <Limit SITE_RMDIR>
    AllowUser alex
    DenyAll
  </Limit>




SITE SYMLINK
This SITE command allows the creation of symbolic links, similar
to ln -s.


The syntax for SITE SYMLINK is:
  SITE SYMLINK source destination



Use of this SITE command can be controlled via
<Limit> sections, e.g.:
  <Limit SITE_SYMLINK>
    AllowUser alex
    DenyAll
  </Limit>




SITE UTIME
This SITE command allows for setting the access and modification
timestamps on files, similar to the touch /path/to/file command.
This allows sites to have the often-requested ability to set the modification
time on uploaded files.


The syntax for SITE UTIME is:
  SITE UTIME YYYYMMDDhhmm path

For example:
  SITE UTIME 200402240836 file.txt

would set the access and modification timestamps on file.txt
to 8:36 AM, Febrary 24, 2004.


Use of this SITE command can be controlled via
<Limit> sections, e.g.:
  <Limit SITE_UTIME>
    AllowUser alex
    DenyAll
  </Limit>




Installation
The mod_site_misc module is distributed with ProFTPD.  Simply
follow the normal steps for using third-party modules in proftpd:
  ./configure --with-modules=mod_site_misc
  make
  make install






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