.TH proftpd 8 "July 2000"
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.SH NAME
proftpd \- Professional configurable, secure file transfer protocol server
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B proftpd
[
.B \-hlntv
] [
.BI \-d " debuglevel"  
] [
.BI \-c " config\-file"
] [
.BI \-p " 0|1"
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B 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
stand-alone daemon.
.PP
When
.B proftpd
is run in standalone mode and it receives a SIGHUP then it will reread its
config file.  When run in standalone mode without the
.B \-n
option, the main
.B proftpd
daemon writes its process ID to
.B /var/run/proftpd.pid
to make it easy to know which process to SIGHUP.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP 12
.B \-h,\--help
Display a short usage description, including all available options.
.TP
.B \-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 stdout, rather than the syslog mechanism. 
Most often used with the \fB-d option\fP for debugging. 
.TP
.B \-v,\--version
Displays the version number of ProFTPD to stdout.
.TP
.BI \-d,--debug " debuglevel"
Sets proftpd's internal debug level (normally 0).  The \fIdebuglevel\fP
should be an integer value from 0 to 5, with higher numbers producing more
debug output.  Normally, debug messages are sent to \fBsyslog\fP using the
\fBDEBUG\fP facility, however if the \fB-n option\fP is used, all such
output is sent to stdout.
.TP
.BI \-c,--config " config\-file"
Specifies an alternate \fIconfig\-file\fP to be parsed at startup, rather
than the default (typically found in \fB/etc/proftpd.conf\fP).
.TP
.BI \-t,--configtest
Read the configuration file, report any syntax errors, and exit.
.TP
.BI \-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 \fBonly\fP
affects the default support, it can still be overridden at run-time with
the \fBPersistentPasswd\fP directive.
.TP
.BI \-l,--list
Lists all modules compiled into proftpd.
.SH FILES
.PD 0
.B /usr/sbin/proftpd
.br
.B /usr/bin/ftpwho
.br
.B /usr/bin/ftpcount
.br
.B /usr/sbin/ftpshut
.br
.B /var/log/xferlog
.br
.B /var/run/proftpd-[pid]
.br
.B /var/run/proftpd.pid
.br
.B /var/run/proftpd-inetd
.PD
.SH AUTHORS
.PP
ProFTPD was originally written by Floody.  It is currently written and
maintained by MacGyver (aka Habeeb J. Dihu) <macgyver@tos.net>
[http://www.macgyver.org].
.PD
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR inetd(8), ftp(1), ftpwho(1), ftpcount(1), ftpshut(8)
.PP
Full documentation on ProFTPD, including configuration and FAQs is available at
http://www.proftpd.net.
.PP 
Report bugs at http://bugs.proftpd.net
For help/support, try the ProFTPD mailing list at proftpd@proftpd.net (see 
http://www.proftpd.net/lists.html for more information).