# Access Control Format

To use access control features, you must follow the formatting rules.

The formatting rules are listed as follows:

- Enter parameters on a single line or on multiple lines.
- Delimit parameters by inserting a comma. If you use a space after the comma, you can continue the parameters on the next line.
  For example:

      USERID=DEFAULT,
      NODE=NODEA,
      SEND_DIR=/mftps/data,
      SEND_OPTION=ROOT,
      RECEIVE_OPTION=NEVER

  is equivalent to:

      USERID=DEFAULT,NODE=NODEA,SEND_DIR=”/mftps/data”,SEND_OPTION=ROOT,RECEIVE_OPTION=NEVER

- Enclose special characters in double quotation marks ("").
- Define comments by placing an asterisk (*) at the beginning of each line. If you are using UNIX systems, you can define comments by placing // and /* */.

On Windows and UNIX platforms, the sample access control file, which is the AccessControl.cfg file, is read each time a transfer is received. Parameter validation is only performed when there is a match for the value defined in the NODE/USER parameter and the TransferType parameter.

The access control processing is completed at the end of the first match, so if you want to control multiple transfer types for the same pattern, modify the access control entries in the same grouping. Therefore, place more specific conflicting entries in the access control file, so that they are not matched by an earlier, less specific grouping.

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