Ubuntu Manpage: proftpd - Professional configurable, secure file transfer protocol server

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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

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