ftpdctl - ProFTPD control program
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Description
ftpdctl is the control program for the Professional File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server daemon. The
control program is used to control the daemon while it is running, supporting actions like restarting or
shutting down the daemon, disabling or enabling specific virtual servers, kicking FTP users, etc.
The specific actions available via ftpdctl depend on the modules compiled into proftpd. Check the
modules documentation for more information on the specific actions supported by the modules.
Name
ftpdctl - ProFTPD control program
Options
-h,--help Display a short usage description, including all available options.
-s,--socket Specifies an alternate path to be used for communicating with proftpd rather than the default
Unix domain socket. The default controls socket is /var/run/proftpd/proftpd.sock-v,--verbose
Display informational messages while communicating with the proftpd daemon.
AUTHORS
ProFTPD is written and maintained by a number of people, full credits can be found on
http://www.proftpd.org/credits.htmlSee Also
proftpd(8),ftp(1),ftpwho(1),ftpcount(1),ftpshut(8) Full documentation on ProFTPD, including configuration and FAQs, is available at http://www.proftpd.org/ For help/support, try the ProFTPD mailing lists, detailed on http://www.proftpd.org/lists.html Report bugs at http://bugs.proftpd.org/ November 2003 ftpdctl(8)
Synopsis
ftpdctl [ -hv ] [ -sUnixdomainsocket ] actionaction-parameters
