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)