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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 /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   configuration    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
       /etc/ftpusers
       /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

       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)