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

6       proftpd  -  Professional  configurable,  secure  file transfer protocol
7       server
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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
42                   error when running with the -n option.
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44       -v,--version
45                   Displays the version number of ProFTPD to stdout.
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47       -D,--define parameter
48                   Sets  a  configuration  parameter  which can be used <IfDe‐
49                   fine>...</IfDefine> sections in the configuration files  to
50                   conditionally skip or process commands.
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52       -d,--debug debuglevel
53                   Sets  proftpd's  internal  debug  level  (normally 0).  The
54                   debuglevel should be an integer value from 0  to  10,  with
55                   higher  numbers  producing  more  debug  output.  Normally,
56                   debug messages are sent to syslog using the DEBUG facility,
57                   however  if  the -n option is used, all such output is sent
58                   to stderr.
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60       -c,--config config-file
61                   Specifies an alternate config-file to be parsed at startup,
62                   rather  than  the  default configuration file.  The default
63                   configuration file is /etc/proftpd.conf
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65       -N,--nocollision
66                   Disables address/port collision checking.
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68       -S,--serveraddr
69                   Specifies an IP address for the host machine,  avoiding  an
70                   DNS lookup of the hostname
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72       -t,--configtest
73                   Read  the configuration file, report any syntax errors, and
74                   exit.
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76       -p,--persistent 0|1
77                   Disables (0) or enables (1) the default persistent password
78                   support,  which  is  determined  at configure time for each
79                   platform.  This option only affects the default support, it
80                   can  still  be  overridden at run-time with the Persistent‐
81                   Passwd directive.
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83       -l,--list   Lists all modules compiled into proftpd.
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85       -V,--settings
86                   Displays various compile-time settings and exits.
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88       -X,--nofork Debug mode (do not fork a session process); exits after one
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91       -4,--ipv4   Support  IPv4 functionality only, regardless of whether the
92                   --enable-ipv6 configure option was used.
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94       -6,--ipv6   Support IPv6 connections and lookup of IPv6  addresses  for
95                   server  DNS  names.   This  is  enabled  by default, if the
96                   --enable-ipv6 configure option is used.
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FILES

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

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

115       proftpd.conf(5),inetd(8),ftp(1),ftpwho(1),ftpcount(1),ftpshut(8)
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117       Full  documentation  on  ProFTPD,  including configuration and FAQs, is
118       available at http://www.proftpd.org/
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120       For  help/support,  try  the  ProFTPD  mailing   lists,   detailed   on
121       http://www.proftpd.org/lists.html
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123       Report bugs at http://bugs.proftpd.org/
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127                                   July 2000                        proftpd(8)