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[src/trunk]: src/libexec/ftpd move IPv6 considerations into BUGS section



details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/ac06651a65e2
branches:  trunk
changeset: 486230:ac06651a65e2
user:      itojun <itojun%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Tue May 16 00:59:12 2000 +0000

description:
move IPv6 considerations into BUGS section

diffstat:

 libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8 |  18 ++++++++++++------
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diffs (39 lines):

diff -r 5f41fb727ef1 -r ac06651a65e2 libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8
--- a/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8       Tue May 16 00:24:08 2000 +0000
+++ b/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8       Tue May 16 00:59:12 2000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: ftpd.8,v 1.50 2000/01/13 00:04:31 lukem Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: ftpd.8,v 1.51 2000/05/16 00:59:12 itojun Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1997-2000 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -560,6 +560,17 @@
 privileged port numbers.
 It maintains an effective user id of the logged in user, reverting
 to the super-user only when binding addresses to sockets.
+.Pp
+.Nm
+may have trouble handling connections from scoped IPv6 addresses, or
+IPv4 mapped addresses
+.Po
+IPv4 connection on
+.Dv AF_INET6
+socket
+.Pc .
+For the latter case, running two daemons,
+one for IPv4 and one for IPv6, will avoid the problem.
 .Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
 .Cm RFC 959
 provides no restrictions on the PORT command, and this can lead
@@ -577,11 +588,6 @@
 .Em strongly
 recommended.
 .Pp
-When running on IPv6, connection from IPv4 mapped address
-.Pq IPv4 connection to IPv6 socket
-is not very stable.
-Please run two daemons, one for IPv4 and one for IPv6.
-.Pp
 Don't create
 .Pa ~ftp/tmp
 if you don't want anonymous users to upload files there.



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