ftpdctl(8) System Manager's Manual ftpdctl(8)NAME
ftpdctl - ProFTPD control program
SYNOPSIS
ftpdctl [ -hv ] [ -s Unix domain socket ] action action-parameters
DESCRIPTION
ftpdctl is the control program for the Professional File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server daemon. The control program is used to control the
daemon while it is running, supporting actions like restarting or shutting down the daemon, disabling or enabling specific virtual servers,
kicking FTP users, etc.
The specific actions available via ftpdctl depend on the modules compiled into proftpd. Check the modules documentation for more informa-
tion on the specific actions supported by the modules.
OPTIONS -h,--help Display a short usage description, including all available options.
-s,--socket Specifies an alternate path to be used for communicating with proftpd rather than the default Unix domain socket. The default
controls socket is /var/run/proftpd/proftpd.sock
-v,--verbose
Display informational messages while communicating with the proftpd daemon.
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 proftpd(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/
November 2003 ftpdctl(8)
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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)