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= RELEASE NOTES =
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WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY FTP SERVER, RELEASE 2.4.2-BETA-18 - July, 1998

wu-ftpd is a replacement ftp server for Un*x systems.  Besides
supporting the ftp protocol defined in RFC 959, it adds the following
features:
    o  logging of transfers
    o  logging of commands
    o  on the fly compression and archiving
    o  classification of users on type and location
    o  per class limits
    o  per directory upload permissions
    o  restricted guest accounts
    o  system wide and per directory messages.
    o  directory alias
    o  cdpath
    o  filename filter
    o  virtual host support (similar to the apache httpd server)

This release is maintained by Academ Consulting Services as a public service
to the Internet. Please report bugs to wu-ftpd-bugs@academ.com. Be sure to
include a specific description of how to reproduce the bug, your hardware
and software release levels and the name and version of the compiler you
used to build the server.

It is strongly recommended that you READ ALL THESE FILES before you start
attempting to to install this software:

	o INSTALL covers basic installation.
	o NOTES covers some specific issues with respect to documentation and
          some system specific information. 
	o VIRTUAL.FTP.SUPPORT outlines how to configure this feature of 
          this server.

For help setting up this server, you can try the following sources:
    o  _Managing Internet Information Services_, An O'Reilly and Associates
       book.  This book has many excellent chapters on setting up 
       anonymous ftp sites using standard ftp servers as well as the wu-ftp
       server.
    o  WU-FTPD FAQs
       - Koos van den Hout's FAQ at http://www.hvu.nl/~koos/wu-ftpd-faq.html
       - Washinton University at St. Louis' Web Page: http://www.wustl.edu/ftp
    o  WU-FTPD Resource Pages
       - Kent Landfield's Resource Pages: http://www.landfield.com/wu-ftpd
       - Academ Consulting Services' Page: http://www.academ.com/academ/wu-ftpd
    o  The wu-ftpd mailing list.  To subscribe, send email with the 
       message body of "subscribe wu-ftpd" to listproc@mail.wustl.edu
       NOTE: If you are reporting a bug, please be sure to copy your message
       to wu-ftpd-bugs@academ.com so it will get a tracking number.
    
The following notices apply to this package:

    Copyright (c) 1994  Washington University in Saint Louis.
    All rights reserved.
  
    This product includes software developed by Washington University in 
    Saint Louis and its contributors
  
    Copyright (c) 1980, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990  The Regents of the 
    University of California.  All rights reserved.
  
    This product includes software developed by the University of California,
    Berkeley and its contributors.
  
    THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND CONTRIBUTORS
    ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
    LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
    A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL WASHINGTON
    UNIVERSITY OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
    INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
    BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
    LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
    CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
    LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN
    ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
    POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

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