Linux in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition

Name

ftpd

Synopsis

                  in.ftpd [options]

TCP/IP command. Internet File Transfer Protocol server. The server uses the TCP protocol and listens at the port specified in the ftp service specification. ftpd is started by inetd and must have an entry in inetd’s configuration file, /etc/inetd.conf. There are several FTP daemons available. On many Linux distributions the default is wu-ftpd, which we document here.

Options

-a

Read access information from configuration file /etc/ftpaccess.

-d, -v

Write debugging information to syslogd.

-i

Log all files received in the transfer log /var/log/xferlog.

-l

Log each FTP session in syslogd.

-o

Log all files sent in the transfer log /var/log/xferlog.

-p port

Use port as the FTP control port instead of reading the appropriate port from /etc/services. Works only in standalone mode.

-q

Use PID files to record the process IDs of running daemons. This is the default. These files are needed to determine the current number of users.

-r dir

Change system root (chroot) to specified directory when loaded.

-s

Run ftpd standalone in the foreground.

-t timeout

Set default timeout period to timeout seconds.

-u umask

Set default umask to umask.

-w

Record user logins in the wtmp file. This is the default.

-x

Used with options -i and -o. Log file transfers to syslogd as well as the tranfer log.

-z option

Set Transport Security Layer (TSL) option for Secure Socket Layers. See wu-ftpd documentation for more details.

-A

Do not read access information from configuration file ...