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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd">

<erlref>
  <header>
    <copyright>
      <year>2005</year><year>2013</year>
      <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
    </copyright>
    <legalnotice>
      The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
      Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
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      Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be
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      Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
      basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
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    </legalnotice>

    <title>ssh_sftpd</title>
    <date>2005-09-22</date>
    <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 a sftp subsystem.</p>
  </description>

  <section>
    <title>DATA TYPES </title>
    <p><c>subsystem_spec() = {subsystem_name(), {channel_callback(), channel_init_args()}} </c></p>
    <p><c>subsystem_name() =  "sftp"</c></p>
    <p><c>channel_callback() = atom()</c> - Name of the erlang module implementing the
    subsystem using the ssh_channel behavior see
    <seealso marker="ssh_channel">ssh_channel(3)</seealso></p>
    <p><c> channel_init_args() = list() - The one given as argument to function
    subsystem_spec/1.</c></p>  
  </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>Should be used together with ssh:daemon/[1,2,3]</p>
        <p>Options are:</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> that uses the
	    <seealso marker="kernel:file">file</seealso> and <seealso marker="stdlib:filelib">filelib</seealso> API:s to access the standard OTP file
	    server. This option may 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. The user will then not be
	    able to see any files above this root. If for instance
	    the root is set to <c>/tmp</c> the user will see this
	    directory as <c>/</c> and if the user does cd <c>/etc</c>
	    the user will end up in <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>  
</erlref>