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.
Each successful and failed ftp(1) session is logged using syslog with a
facility of LOG_FTP. Note: LOG_FTP messages are not displayed by sys-
logd(8) by default, and may have to be enabled in syslogd(8)'s configu-
ration file.
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
/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 config-
ured as such in the configuration file), but does not back-
ground 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 of-
ten 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. Logs are directed to the
configured log output (syslog or logfile) instead.
-v,--version
Displays the version number of ProFTPD to stdout.
-D,--define parameter
Sets a configuration parameter which can be used <IfDe-
fine>...</IfDefine> sections in the configuration files to
conditionally skip or process commands.
-d,--debug debuglevel
Sets proftpd's internal debug level (normally 0). The debu-
glevel should be an integer value from 0 to 10, with higher
numbers producing more debug output. Normally, debug mes-
sages 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
configuration file is /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf
-N,--nocollision
Disables address/port collision checking.
-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 Persistent-
Passwd directive.
-l,--list Lists all modules compiled into proftpd.
-V,--settings
Displays various compile-time settings and exits.
-X,--nofork Debug mode (do not fork a session process); exits after one
session.
-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 --en-
able-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
/etc/ftpusers
/var/log/xferlog
/run/proftpd.pid
/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
proftpd.conf(5),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)
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