proftpd(8)proftpd(8)NAMEproftpd - Professional configurable, secure file transfer
protocol server
SYNOPSISproftpd [ -hlntv ] [ -c config-file ] [ -d debuglevel ] [
-p 0|1 ]
DESCRIPTIONproftpd is the Professional File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
server daemon. The server may be invoked by the Internet
"super-server" inetd(8) each time a connection to the FTP
service is made, or alternatively it can be run as a stan
dalone daemon.
When proftpd is run in standalone mode and it receives a
SIGHUP then it will reread its configuration file. When
run in standalone mode without the -n option, the main
proftpd daemon writes its process ID to
/var/run/proftpd.pid to make it easy to know which process
to SIGHUP.
OPTIONS-h,--help Display a short usage description, including
all available options.
-n,--nodaemon
Runs the proftpd process in standalone mode
(must be configured as such in the configura
tion file), but does not background the pro
cess or disassociate it from the controlling
tty. Additionally, all output (log or debug
messages) are sent to stderr, rather than the
syslog mechanism. Most often used with the -d
option for debugging.
-v,--version
Displays the version number of ProFTPD to std
out.
-D,--define parameter
Sets a configuration parameter which can be
used <IfDefine>...</IfDefine> sections in the
configuration files to conditionally skip or
process commands.
-d,--debug debuglevel
Sets proftpd's internal debug level (normally
0). The debuglevel should be an integer value
from 0 to 9, with higher numbers producing
more debug output. Normally, debug messages
are sent to syslog using the DEBUG facility,
however if the -n option is used, all such
output is sent to stderr.
-c,--config config-file
Specifies an alternate config-file to be
parsed at startup, rather than the default
(typically found in /etc/proftpd.conf).
-t,--configtest
Read the configuration file, report any syntax
errors, and exit.
-p,--persistent 0|1
Disables (0) or enables (1) the default per
sistent password support, which is determined
at configure time for each platform. This
option only affects the default support, it
can still be overridden at run-time with the
PersistentPasswd directive.
-l,--list Lists all modules compiled into proftpd.
FILES
/usr/sbin/proftpd
/usr/bin/ftpwho
/usr/bin/ftpcount
/usr/sbin/ftpshut
/var/log/xferlog
/var/run/proftpd-[pid]
/var/run/proftpd.pid
/var/run/proftpd-inetd
AUTHORS
ProFTPD is written and maintained by a number of people,
full credits can be found on http://www.proftpd.org/cred
its.html
SEE ALSOinetd(8),ftp(1),ftpwho(1),ftpcount(1),ftpshut(8)
Full documentation on ProFTPD, including configuration and
FAQs is available at http://www.proftpd.org/
Report bugs at http://bugs.proftpd.org/ For help/support,
try the ProFTPD mailing lists, detailed on
http://www.proftpd.org/lists.html
July 2000 proftpd(8)
