FTPD

Section: System Administration Utilities (8)
Updated: May 2015
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NAME

ftpd - File Transfer Protocol server.

SYNOPSIS

ftpd [,OPTION/...]

DESCRIPTION

File Transfer Protocol daemon.

-4, --ipv4: restrict daemon to IPv4
-6, --ipv6: restrict daemon to IPv6
-a, --auth=,AUTH/: use AUTH for authentication
-A, --anonymous-only: server configured for anonymous service only
-d, --debug: debug mode
-D, --daemon: start the ftpd standalone
-l, --logging: increase verbosity of syslog messages
--non-rfc2577: neglect RFC 2577 by giving info on missing users
-p, --pidfile[=,PIDFILE/]: change default location of pidfile
-q, --no-version: do not display version in banner
-t, --timeout=,TIMEOUT/: set default idle timeout
-T, --max-timeout: reset maximum value of timeout allowed
-u, --umask=,VAL/: set default umask
: AUTH can be one of the following:
default: passwd authentication
-?, --help: give this help list
--usage: give a short usage message
-V, --version: print program version

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.

AUTHOR

Written by many authors.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-inetutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.