1.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org> 2.Dd March 8, 2001 3.Dt VSFTPD 8 4.Sh NAME 5.Nm vsftpd 6.Nd Very Secure FTP Daemon 7.Sh SYNOPSIS 8.Nm vsftpd 9.Op Ar configuration file and / or options 10.Sh DESCRIPTION 11.Nm vsftpd 12is the Very Secure File Transfer Protocol Daemon. The server can be launched 13via a 14.Dq super-server 15such as 16.Xr inetd 8 17or 18.Xr xinetd 8 . 19Alternatively, vsftpd can be launched in standalone mode, in which case vsftpd 20itself will listen on the network. This latter mode is easier to use, and 21recommended. It is activated by setting 22.Pa listen=YES 23in 24.Pa /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf . 25Direct execution of the 26.Nm vsftpd 27binary will then launch the FTP service ready for immediate client connections. 28.Sh OPTIONS 29An optional 30configuration file or files 31may be given on the command line. These files must be owned as root if running 32as root. Any command line option not starting with a "-" character is treated 33as a config file that will be loaded. Note that config files are loaded in the 34strict order that they are encountered on the command line. 35If no config files are specified, the default configuration file of 36.Pa /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 37will be loaded, after all other command line options are processed. 38.Pp 39Supported options are: 40.Bl -tag -width Ds 41.It Fl v 42Print the version information and exit, even if other options are encountered. 43.It Fl ooption=value 44Set a single option, value pair as per the format in the config file. Multiple 45-o options are supported, and they are applied in strict order relative to 46their appearance on the command line, including intermingling with loading of 47config files. 48.El 49.Sh EXAMPLES 50vsftpd -olisten=NO /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf -oftpd_banner=blah 51.Pp 52That example overrides vsftpd's built-in default for the "listen" option to be 53NO, but then loads /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf which may override that setting. 54Finally, the "ftpd_banner" setting is set to "blah", which overrides any default 55vsftpd setting and any identical setting that was in the config file. 56.Sh FILES 57.Pa /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 58.Sh SEE ALSO 59.Xr vsftpd.conf 5 60.end 61