.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 \-c " config\-file"
] [
.BI \-d " debuglevel"
] [
.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
standalone daemon.
.PP
When
.B 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
.B \-n
option, the main
.B proftpd
daemon writes its process ID to
.B /usr/local/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 stderr, rather than the syslog mechanism. 
Most often used with the \fB-d option\fP for debugging. 
.TP
.B \-q,\--quiet
Quiet mode; don't send logging information to standard error when running
with the \fB-n option\fP.
.TP
.B \-v,\--version
Displays the version number of ProFTPD to stdout.
.TP
.BI \-D,\--define " parameter"
Sets a configuration \fIparameter\fP which can be used <IfDefine>...</IfDefine>
sections in the configuration files to conditionally skip or process
commands.
.TP
.BI \-d,\--debug " debuglevel"
Sets proftpd's internal debug level (normally 0).  The \fIdebuglevel\fP
should be an integer value from 0 to 10, 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 stderr.
.TP
.BI \-c,\--config " config\-file"
Specifies an alternate \fIconfig\-file\fP to be parsed at startup, rather
than the default configuration file.  The default configuration file is
.B /usr/local/etc/proftpd.conf
.br
.TP
.BI \-N,\--nocollision
Disables address/port collision checking.
.TP
.BI \-V,\--settings
Displays various compile-time settings and exits.
.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/local/sbin/proftpd
.br
.B /usr/local/etc/proftpd.conf
.br
.B /usr/local/bin/ftpwho
.br
.B /usr/local/bin/ftpcount
.br
.B /usr/local/bin/ftptop
.br
.B /usr/local/sbin/ftpshut
.br
.B /var/log/xferlog
.br
.B /usr/local/var/run/proftpd.pid
.br
.B /usr/local/var/run/proftpd.scoreboard
.PD
.SH AUTHORS
.PP
ProFTPD is written and maintained by a number of people, full credits
can be found on
.BR http://www.proftpd.org/credits.html
.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
.BR http://www.proftpd.org/
.PP 
For help/support, try the ProFTPD mailing lists, detailed on
.BR http://www.proftpd.org/lists.html
.PP
Report bugs at
.BR http://bugs.proftpd.org/