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

NAME

       proftpd - Professional configurable, secure file transfer protocol server

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       proftpd  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 standalone 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 configuration file), but does not background the
                   process  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.

       -q,--quiet  Quiet mode; don't send logging information to standard error when running with the -n option.

       -v,--version
                   Displays the version number of ProFTPD to stdout.

       -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 10, 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 configuration file.  The default configura-
                   tion file is /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf

       -N,--nocollision
                   Disables address/port collision checking.

       -V,--settings
                   Displays various compile-time settings and exits.

       -S,--serveraddr
                   Specifies an IP address for the host machine, avoiding an DNS lookup of the hostname

       -t,--configtest
                   Read the configuration file, report any syntax errors, and exit.

       -p,--persistent 0|1
                   Disables (0) or enables (1) the default persistent 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.

       -4,--ipv4   Support IPv4 functionality only, regardless of whether the --enable-ipv6 configure option was used.

       -6,--ipv6   Support  IPv6  connections and lookup of IPv6 addresses for server DNS names.  This is enabled by default, if the --enable-ipv6
                   configure option is used.

FILES

       /usr/sbin/proftpd
       /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf
       /usr/bin/ftpwho
       /usr/bin/ftpcount
       /usr/bin/ftptop
       /usr/sbin/ftpshut
       /var/log/xferlog
       /var/run/proftpd.pid
       /var/run/proftpd.scoreboard

AUTHORS

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

SEE ALSO

       inetd(8),ftp(1),ftpwho(1),ftpcount(1),ftpshut(8)

       Full documentation on ProFTPD, including configuration and FAQs, is available at http://www.proftpd.org/

       For help/support, try the ProFTPD mailing lists, detailed on http://www.proftpd.org/lists.html

       Report bugs at http://bugs.proftpd.org/

                                                                     July 2000                                                          proftpd(8)