Directory Options - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual

There is no default value for this directive.
• local_umask — Specifies the umask value for file creation. Note that the default value is in octal
form (a numerical system with a base of eight), which includes a "0" prefix. Otherwise the value is
treated as a base-10 integer.
The default value is 022.
• passwd_chroot_enable — When enabled in conjunction with the chroot_local_user
directive, vsftpd change-roots local users based on the occurrence of the /./ in the home
directory field within /etc/passwd.
The default value is NO.
• user_config_dir — Specifies the path to a directory containing configuration files bearing the
name of local system users that contain specific setting for that user. Any directive in the user's
configuration file overrides those found in /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf.
There is no default value for this directive.

23.5.5. Directory Options

The following lists directives which affect directories.
• dirlist_enable — When enabled, users are allowed to view directory lists.
The default value is YES.
• dirmessage_enable — When enabled, a message is displayed whenever a user enters a
directory with a message file. This message resides within the current directory. The name of this
file is specified in the message_file directive and is .message by default.
The default value is NO. Note, in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the value is set to YES.
• force_dot_files — When enabled, files beginning with a dot (.) are listed in directory listings,
with the exception of the . and .. files.
The default value is NO.
• hide_ids — When enabled, all directory listings show ftp as the user and group for each file.
The default value is NO.
• message_file — Specifies the name of the message file when using the dirmessage_enable
directive.
The default value is .message.
• text_userdb_names — When enabled, test usernames and group names are used in place of
UID and GID entries. Enabling this option may slow performance of the server.
The default value is NO.
• use_localtime — When enabled, directory listings reveal the local time for the computer instead
of GMT.
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