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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 syslogd(8) by default, and may  have
       to be enabled in syslogd(8)'s configuration 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 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.   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  <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   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
                   PersistentPasswd 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 --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
       /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)