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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY proftpd-download-http " ">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY proftpd-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.proftpd.org/distrib/source/proftpd-&proftpd-version;.tar.gz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY proftpd-md5sum "b9d3092411478415b31d435f8e26d173">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY proftpd-size "29 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY proftpd-buildsize "69 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY proftpd-time "0.2 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="proftpd" xreflabel="ProFTPD-&proftpd-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="proftpd.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>ProFTPD-&proftpd-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="proftpd">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-proftpd">Proftpd</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to ProFTPD</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>The <application>ProFTPD</application> package contains a secure
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| 33 | and highly configurable FTP daemon. This is useful for serving large
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| 34 | file archives over a network.</para>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | &lfs77_checked;
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| 37 |
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| 38 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 39 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 40 | <listitem>
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| 41 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&proftpd-download-http;"/></para>
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| 42 | </listitem>
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| 43 | <listitem>
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| 44 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&proftpd-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 45 | </listitem>
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| 46 | <listitem>
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| 47 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &proftpd-md5sum;</para>
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| 48 | </listitem>
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| 49 | <listitem>
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| 50 | <para>Download size: &proftpd-size;</para>
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| 51 | </listitem>
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| 52 | <listitem>
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| 53 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &proftpd-buildsize;</para>
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| 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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| 56 | <para>Estimated build time: &proftpd-time;</para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | </itemizedlist>
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| 59 |
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| 60 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">ProFTPD Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 63 | <para role="optional">
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| 64 | <xref linkend="linux-pam"/>,
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| 65 | <xref linkend="mariadb"/> or <ulink url="http://www.mysql.com/">MySQL</ulink>,
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| 66 | <xref linkend="openssl"/>,
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| 67 | <xref linkend="pcre"/>,
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| 68 | <xref linkend="postgresql"/> and to run tests:
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| 69 | <xref linkend="check"/> and
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| 70 | <ulink url='http://search.cpan.org/~clemburg/Test-Unit-0.14/'>Test::Unit-0.14</ulink>
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| 71 | </para>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 74 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/proftpd"/></para>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | </sect2>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 79 | <title>Installation of ProFTPD</title>
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| 80 |
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| 81 | <para>For security reasons, you should install
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| 82 | <application>ProFTPD</application> using an unprivileged user and group.
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| 83 | As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 84 |
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| 85 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 46 proftpd &&
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| 86 | useradd -c proftpd -d /srv/ftp -g proftpd \
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| 87 | -s /usr/bin/proftpdshell -u 46 proftpd &&
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| 88 |
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| 89 | install -v -d -m775 -o proftpd -g proftpd /srv/ftp &&
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| 90 | ln -sfv /bin/false /usr/bin/proftpdshell &&
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| 91 | echo /usr/bin/proftpdshell >> /etc/shells</userinput></screen>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | <para>Install <application>ProFTPD</application> as an unprivileged user by
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| 94 | running the following commands:</para>
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| 95 |
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| 96 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/run &&
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| 97 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <para>The tests for this package require a very old (2001) version of the
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| 100 | Perl Module Test::Unit. Even when using that version of Test::Unit, there
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| 101 | are many failures (41/1397) although the program appears to run
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| 102 | well. The tests take a long time (45 minutes, not CPU dependent) and are
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| 103 | not recommended. To test the results anyway, add the switch: <parameter>
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| 104 | --enable-tests</parameter> to the <command>configure</command>, and
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| 105 | issue: <command>make check</command>. If the tests are run with root
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| 106 | privileges, more tests are run, but there are more failures.</para>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | </sect2>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 115 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | <para><command>install -v -d -m775 -o proftpd -g proftpd
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| 118 | /srv/ftp</command>: Create the home directory for
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| 119 | <application>ProFTPD</application>.</para>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <para><command>ln -v -s /bin/false /usr/bin/proftpdshell</command>:
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| 122 | Set the default shell as a link to an invalid shell.</para>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <para><command>echo /usr/bin/proftpdshell >>
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| 125 | /etc/shells</command>: Fake a valid shell for compatibility purposes.</para>
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| 126 |
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| 127 | <note>
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| 128 | <para>The above two commands can be omitted if the following directive is
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| 129 | placed in the configuration file:</para>
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| 130 |
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| 131 | <screen><literal>RequireValidShell off</literal></screen>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <para>By default, proftpd will require that users logging in have valid
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| 134 | shells. The RequireValidShell directive turns off this requirement. This
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| 135 | is only recommended if you are setting up your FTP server exclusively
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| 136 | for anonymous downloads.</para>
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| 137 | </note>
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| 138 |
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| 139 | <note>
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| 140 | <para>
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| 141 | Support for most of the dependency packages requires using options
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| 142 | passed to the <command>configure</command> script. View the output
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| 143 | from <command>./configure --help</command> for complete information
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| 144 | about enabling dependency packages.
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| 145 | </para>
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| 146 | </note>
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| 147 |
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| 148 | </sect2>
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| 149 |
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| 150 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 151 | <title>Configuring ProFTPD</title>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | <sect3 id='proftpd-config'>
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| 154 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 155 |
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| 156 | <para><filename>/etc/proftpd.conf</filename></para>
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| 157 |
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| 158 | <indexterm zone="proftpd proftpd-config">
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| 159 | <primary sortas="e-etc-proftpd">/etc/proftpd.conf</primary>
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| 160 | </indexterm>
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| 161 |
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| 162 | </sect3>
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| 163 |
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| 164 | <sect3>
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| 165 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 166 |
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| 167 | <para>This is a simple, download-only sample configuration. See the
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| 168 | <application>ProFTPD</application> documentation in
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| 169 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/doc/proftpd</filename> and
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| 170 | consult the website at <ulink url="http://www.proftpd.org/"/> for
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| 171 | example configurations.</para>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | <screen role="root"><?dbfo keep-together="auto"?><userinput>cat > /etc/proftpd.conf << "EOF"
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| 174 | <literal># This is a basic ProFTPD configuration file
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| 175 | # It establishes a single server and a single anonymous login.
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| 176 |
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| 177 | ServerName "ProFTPD Default Installation"
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| 178 | ServerType standalone
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| 179 | DefaultServer on
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| 180 |
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| 181 | # Port 21 is the standard FTP port.
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| 182 | Port 21
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| 183 | # Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new dirs and files
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| 184 | # from being group and world writable.
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| 185 | Umask 022
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| 186 |
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| 187 | # To prevent DoS attacks, set the maximum number of child processes
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| 188 | # to 30. If you need to allow more than 30 concurrent connections
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| 189 | # at once, simply increase this value. Note that this ONLY works
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| 190 | # in standalone mode, in inetd mode you should use an inetd server
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| 191 | # that allows you to limit maximum number of processes per service
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| 192 | <!--# (such as xinetd)-->
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| 193 | MaxInstances 30
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| 194 |
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| 195 | # Set the user and group that the server normally runs at.
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| 196 | User proftpd
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| 197 | Group proftpd
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| 198 |
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| 199 | # To cause every FTP user to be "jailed" (chrooted) into their home
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| 200 | # directory, uncomment this line.
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| 201 | #DefaultRoot ~
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| 202 |
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| 203 |
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| 204 | # Normally, files should be overwritable.
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| 205 | <Directory /*>
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| 206 | AllowOverwrite on
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| 207 | </Directory>
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| 208 |
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| 209 | # A basic anonymous configuration, no upload directories.
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| 210 | <Anonymous ~proftpd>
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| 211 | User proftpd
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| 212 | Group proftpd
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| 213 | # Clients should be able to login with "anonymous" as well as "proftpd"
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| 214 | UserAlias anonymous proftpd
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| 215 |
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| 216 | # Limit the maximum number of anonymous logins
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| 217 | MaxClients 10
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| 218 |
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| 219 | # 'welcome.msg' should be displayed at login, and '.message' displayed
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| 220 | # in each newly chdired directory.
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| 221 | DisplayLogin welcome.msg
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| 222 | DisplayChdir .message
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| 223 |
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| 224 | # Limit WRITE everywhere in the anonymous chroot
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| 225 | <Limit WRITE>
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| 226 | DenyAll
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| 227 | </Limit>
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| 228 | </Anonymous></literal>
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| 229 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 230 |
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| 231 | </sect3>
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| 232 |
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| 233 | <sect3 id="proftpd-init">
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| 234 | <title>Systemd Units</title>
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| 235 |
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| 236 | <para>
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| 237 | To start the <command>proftpd</command> daemon at boot,
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| 238 | install the systemd unit from the <xref linkend="bootscripts"/>
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| 239 | package by running the following command as the
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| 240 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 241 | </para>
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| 242 |
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| 243 | <indexterm zone="proftpd proftpd-init">
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| 244 | <primary sortas="f-proftpd">proftpd</primary>
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| 245 | </indexterm>
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| 246 |
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| 247 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-proftpd</userinput></screen>
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| 248 |
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| 249 | </sect3>
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| 250 |
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| 251 | </sect2>
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| 252 |
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| 253 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 254 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 255 |
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| 256 | <segmentedlist>
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| 257 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 258 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 259 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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| 260 |
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| 261 | <seglistitem>
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| 262 | <seg>
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| 263 | ftpasswd, ftpcount, ftpdctl, ftpmail, ftpquota, ftpscrub, ftpshut,
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| 264 | ftptop, ftpwho, in.proftpd (symlink to proftpd), proftpd, and prxs
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| 265 | </seg>
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| 266 | <seg>
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| 267 | None
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| 268 | </seg>
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| 269 | <seg>
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| 270 | /usr/include and
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| 271 | /usr/lib/proftpd
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| 272 | </seg>
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| 273 | </seglistitem>
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| 274 | </segmentedlist>
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| 275 |
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| 276 | <variablelist>
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| 277 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 278 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 279 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 280 |
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| 281 | <varlistentry id="proftpd-prog">
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| 282 | <term><command>proftpd</command></term>
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| 283 | <listitem>
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| 284 | <para>is the FTP daemon.</para>
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| 285 | <indexterm zone="proftpd proftpd-prog">
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| 286 | <primary sortas="b-proftpd">proftpd</primary>
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| 287 | </indexterm>
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| 288 | </listitem>
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| 289 | </varlistentry>
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| 290 |
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| 291 | <varlistentry id="ftpcount">
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| 292 | <term><command>ftpcount</command></term>
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| 293 | <listitem>
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| 294 | <para>shows the current number of connections.</para>
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| 295 | <indexterm zone="proftpd ftpcount">
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| 296 | <primary sortas="b-ftpcount">ftpcount</primary>
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| 297 | </indexterm>
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| 298 | </listitem>
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| 299 | </varlistentry>
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| 300 |
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| 301 | <varlistentry id="ftpdctl">
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| 302 | <term><command>ftpdctl</command></term>
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| 303 | <listitem>
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| 304 | <para>is used to control the proftpd daemon while it is running.</para>
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| 305 | <indexterm zone="proftpd ftpdctl">
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| 306 | <primary sortas="b-ftpdctl">ftpdctl</primary>
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| 307 | </indexterm>
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| 308 | </listitem>
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| 309 | </varlistentry>
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| 310 |
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| 311 | <varlistentry id="ftpasswd">
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| 312 | <term><command>ftpasswd</command></term>
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| 313 | <listitem>
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| 314 | <para>is a Perl script designed to create and manage
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| 315 | AuthUserFiles and AuthGroupFiles of the correct format for proftpd.</para>
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| 316 | <indexterm zone="proftpd ftpasswd">
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| 317 | <primary sortas="b-ftpasswd">ftpasswd</primary>
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| 318 | </indexterm>
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| 319 | </listitem>
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| 320 | </varlistentry>
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| 321 |
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| 322 | <varlistentry id="ftpmail">
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| 323 | <term><command>ftpmail</command></term>
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| 324 | <listitem>
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| 325 | <para>is a Perl script for sending email based on the proftpd TransferLog.
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| 326 | </para>
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| 327 | <indexterm zone="proftpd ftpmail">
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| 328 | <primary sortas="b-ftpmail">ftpmail</primary>
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| 329 | </indexterm>
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| 330 | </listitem>
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| 331 | </varlistentry>
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| 332 |
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| 333 | <varlistentry id="ftpquota">
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| 334 | <term><command>ftpquota</command></term>
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| 335 | <listitem>
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| 336 | <para>is a Perl script designed to create and manage limits and tally
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| 337 | files for the mod_quotatab + mod_quotatab_file module combination
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| 338 | for proftpd.</para>
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| 339 | <indexterm zone="proftpd ftpquota">
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| 340 | <primary sortas="b-ftpquota">ftpquota</primary>
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| 341 | </indexterm>
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| 342 | </listitem>
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| 343 | </varlistentry>
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| 344 |
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| 345 | <varlistentry id="ftpscrub">
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| 346 | <term><command>ftpscrub</command></term>
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| 347 | <listitem>
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| 348 | <para>provides a way to scrub the scoreboard file on demand.</para>
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| 349 | <indexterm zone="proftpd ftpscrub">
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| 350 | <primary sortas="b-ftpscrub">ftpscrub</primary>
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| 351 | </indexterm>
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| 352 | </listitem>
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| 353 | </varlistentry>
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| 354 |
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| 355 | <varlistentry id="ftpshut">
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| 356 | <term><command>ftpshut</command></term>
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| 357 | <listitem>
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| 358 | <para>shuts down all <application>proftpd</application> servers
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| 359 | at a given time.</para>
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| 360 | <indexterm zone="proftpd ftpshut">
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| 361 | <primary sortas="b-ftpshut">ftpshut</primary>
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| 362 | </indexterm>
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| 363 | </listitem>
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| 364 | </varlistentry>
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| 365 |
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| 366 | <varlistentry id="ftptop">
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| 367 | <term><command>ftptop</command></term>
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| 368 | <listitem>
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| 369 | <para>displays running status on connections.</para>
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| 370 | <indexterm zone="proftpd ftptop">
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| 371 | <primary sortas="b-ftptop">ftptop</primary>
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| 372 | </indexterm>
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| 373 | </listitem>
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| 374 | </varlistentry>
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| 375 |
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| 376 | <varlistentry id="ftpwho">
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| 377 | <term><command>ftpwho</command></term>
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| 378 | <listitem>
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| 379 | <para>shows current process information for each session.</para>
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| 380 | <indexterm zone="proftpd ftpwho">
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| 381 | <primary sortas="b-ftpwho">ftpwho</primary>
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| 382 | </indexterm>
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| 383 | </listitem>
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| 384 | </varlistentry>
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| 385 |
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| 386 | <varlistentry id="prxs">
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| 387 | <term><command>prxs</command></term>
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| 388 | <listitem>
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| 389 | <para>is a Perl script designed to compile and install third-party
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| 390 | modules, from source code, as DSO modules for the installed
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| 391 | proftpd.</para>
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| 392 | <indexterm zone="proftpd prxs">
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| 393 | <primary sortas="b-prxs">prxs</primary>
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| 394 | </indexterm>
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| 395 | </listitem>
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| 396 | </varlistentry>
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| 398 | </variablelist>
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| 400 | </sect2>
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| 402 | </sect1>
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