1proftpd(8)                  System Manager's Manual                 proftpd(8)
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NAME

6       proftpd  -  Professional  configurable,  secure  file transfer protocol
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SYNOPSIS

10       proftpd [ -hlntv ] [ -c config-file ] [ -d debuglevel ] [ -p 0|1 ]
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DESCRIPTION

13       proftpd is the Professional File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server daemon.
14       The  server may be invoked by the Internet "super-server" inetd(8) each
15       time a connection to the FTP service is made, or alternatively  it  can
16       be run as a standalone daemon.
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18       Each successful and failed ftp(1) session is logged using syslog with a
19       facility of LOG_FTP.  Note: LOG_FTP messages are not displayed by  sys‐
20       logd(8) by default, and may have to be enabled in syslogd(8)'s configu‐
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23       When proftpd is run in standalone mode and it receives a SIGHUP then it
24       will  reread its configuration file.  When run in standalone mode with‐
25       out the -n option, the main proftpd daemon writes  its  process  ID  to
26       /run/proftpd/proftpd.pid  to  make  it  easy  to  know which process to
27       SIGHUP.
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OPTIONS

30       -h,--help   Display a short usage description, including all  available
31                   options.
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33       -n,--nodaemon
34                   Runs  the  proftpd process in standalone mode (must be con‐
35                   figured as such in the configuration file),  but  does  not
36                   background the process or disassociate it from the control‐
37                   ling tty.  Additionally, all output (log or debug messages)
38                   are sent to stderr, rather than the syslog mechanism.  Most
39                   often used with the -d option for debugging.
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41       -q,--quiet  Quiet mode; don't send logging information to standard  er‐
42                   ror  when running with the -n option.  Logs are directed to
43                   the configured log output (syslog or logfile) instead.
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45       -v,--version
46                   Displays the version number of ProFTPD to stdout.
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48       -D,--define parameter
49                   Sets a configuration parameter which  can  be  used  <IfDe‐
50                   fine>...</IfDefine>  sections in the configuration files to
51                   conditionally skip or process commands.
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53       -d,--debug debuglevel
54                   Sets proftpd's internal debug level (normally 0).  The  de‐
55                   buglevel  should  be  an  integer  value from 0 to 10, with
56                   higher numbers producing more debug output.  Normally,  de‐
57                   bug  messages  are sent to syslog using the DEBUG facility,
58                   however if the -n option is used, all such output  is  sent
59                   to stderr.
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61       -c,--config config-file
62                   Specifies an alternate config-file to be parsed at startup,
63                   rather than the default configuration  file.   The  default
64                   configuration file is /etc/proftpd.conf
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66       -N,--nocollision
67                   Disables address/port collision checking.
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69       -S,--serveraddr
70                   Specifies  an  IP address for the host machine, avoiding an
71                   DNS lookup of the hostname
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73       -t,--configtest
74                   Read the configuration file, report any syntax errors,  and
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77       -p,--persistent 0|1
78                   Disables (0) or enables (1) the default persistent password
79                   support, which is determined at  configure  time  for  each
80                   platform.  This option only affects the default support, it
81                   can still be overridden at run-time  with  the  Persistent‐
82                   Passwd directive.
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84       -l,--list   Lists all modules compiled into proftpd.
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86       -V,--settings
87                   Displays various compile-time settings and exits.
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89       -X,--nofork Debug mode (do not fork a session process); exits after one
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92       -4,--ipv4   Support IPv4 functionality only, regardless of whether  the
93                   --enable-ipv6 configure option was used.
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95       -6,--ipv6   Support  IPv6  connections and lookup of IPv6 addresses for
96                   server DNS names.  This is enabled by default, if the --en‐
97                   able-ipv6 configure option is used.
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FILES

100       /usr/sbin/proftpd
101       /etc/proftpd.conf
102       /usr/bin/ftpwho
103       /usr/bin/ftpcount
104       /usr/bin/ftptop
105       /usr/sbin/ftpshut
106       /etc/ftpusers
107       /var/log/xferlog
108       /run/proftpd/proftpd.pid
109       /run/proftpd/proftpd.scoreboard
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AUTHORS

112       ProFTPD  is  written and maintained by a number of people, full credits
113       can be found on http://www.proftpd.org/credits.html
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SEE ALSO

116       proftpd.conf(5),inetd(8),ftp(1),ftpwho(1),ftpcount(1),ftpshut(8)
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118       Full documentation on ProFTPD, including  configuration  and  FAQs,  is
119       available at http://www.proftpd.org/
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121       For   help/support,   try   the  ProFTPD  mailing  lists,  detailed  on
122       http://www.proftpd.org/lists.html
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124       Report bugs at http://bugs.proftpd.org/
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