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    <title>ssh_sftpd</title>
    <prepared></prepared>
    <docno></docno>
    <date>2005-09-22</date>
    <rev></rev>
    <file>ssh_sftpd.sgml</file>
  </header>
  <module>ssh_sftpd</module>
  <modulesummary>Specifies the channel process to handle an SFTP subsystem.</modulesummary>
  <description>
    <p>Specifies a channel process to handle an SFTP subsystem.</p>
  </description>

  <section>
    <title>DATA TYPES</title>
    <taglist>
      <tag><c>subsystem_spec()</c></tag>
      <item><p>= <c>{subsystem_name(), {channel_callback(), channel_init_args()}}</c></p></item>
      <tag><c>subsystem_name()</c></tag>
      <item><p>= <c>"sftp"</c></p></item>
      <tag><c>channel_callback()</c></tag>
      <item><p>= <c>atom()</c> - Name of the Erlang module implementing the subsystem using the
      <c>ssh_channel</c> behavior, see the
      <seealso marker="ssh_channel">ssh_channel(3)</seealso> manual page.</p></item>
      <tag><c>channel_init_args()</c></tag>
      <item><p>= <c>list()</c> - The one given as argument to function <c>subsystem_spec/1</c>.</p></item>
    </taglist>
  </section>
  <funcs>
    <func>
      <name>subsystem_spec(Options) -> subsystem_spec()</name>
      <fsummary>Returns the subsystem specification that allows an SSH daemon to handle the subsystem "sftp".</fsummary>
      <type>
	<v>Options = [{Option, Value}]</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Is to be used together with <c>ssh:daemon/[1,2,3]</c></p>
        <p>Options:</p>
        <taglist>
          <tag><c><![CDATA[{cwd, String}]]></c></tag>
          <item>
            <p>Sets the initial current working directory for the server.</p>
          </item>
          <tag><c><![CDATA[{file_handler, CallbackModule}]]></c></tag>
          <item>
	    <p>Determines which module to call for accessing
	    the file server. The default value is <c>ssh_sftpd_file</c>, which uses the
	    <seealso marker="kernel:file">file</seealso> and <seealso marker="stdlib:filelib">filelib</seealso>
	    APIs to access the standard OTP file server. This option can be used to plug in
	    other file servers.</p>
	  </item>
	  <tag><c><![CDATA[{max_files, Integer}]]></c></tag>
	  <item>
	    <p>The default value is <c>0</c>, which means that there is no upper limit.
	    If supplied, the number of filenames returned to the SFTP client per <c>READDIR</c>
	    request is limited to at most the given value.</p>
	  </item>
	  <tag><c><![CDATA[{root, String}]]></c></tag>
	  <item>
	    <p>Sets the SFTP root directory. Then the user cannot see any files
	    above this root. If, for example, the root directory is set to <c>/tmp</c>,
	    then the user sees this directory as <c>/</c>. If the user then writes
	    <c>cd /etc</c>, the user moves to <c>/tmp/etc</c>.
	    </p>
	  </item>
	  <tag><c><![CDATA[{sftpd_vsn, integer()}]]></c></tag>
	  <item>
	    <p>Sets the SFTP version to use. Defaults to 5. Version 6 is under
	    development and limited.</p>
	  </item>
        </taglist>
      </desc>
    </func>
  </funcs>  
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