ProFTPD Components

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The following section provides information about the commands, files, and other important components of the ProFTPD service. You can find additional documentation for the ProFTPD service in the /usr/share/doc/proftpd directory on a system running the Oracle Solaris 11.4 release.

ProFTPD Commands

The following table describes the commands and daemons that are associated with the ProFTPD service.

Table 1 ProFTPD Commands

File Name	Function
`/usr/bin/ftp`	Provides the user interface to the ProFTPD service. See the `ftp`(1) man page for more information.
`/usr/bin/ftpcount`	Shows the current number of connections per server, as well as per virtual host or anonymous configuration. See the `ftpcount`(1) man page for more information.
`/usr/bin/ftpdctl`	Controls the `proftpd` service daemon. See the `ftpdctl`(8) man page for more information.
`/usr/bin/ftptop`	Displays the current status of FTP sessions in a continuously updating format. See the `ftptop`(1) man page for more information.
`/usr/bin/ftpwho`	Shows process information for all active `proftpd` connections and a count of all connected users to each server. See the `ftpwho`(1) man page for more information.
`/usr/sbin/ftprestart`	Restarts FTP connections by using the `ftpshut` `–R` command. See the `ftpshut`(8) man page for more information.
`/usr/sbin/ftpscrub`	Removes processes that are no longer live from the scoreboard file on demand. See the `ftpscrub`(8) man page and http://www.proftpd.org/docs/howto/Scoreboard.html for more information.
`/usr/sbin/ftpshut`	Shuts down FTP connections at a given time. See the `ftpshut`(8) man page for more information.
`/usr/lib/inet/proftpd`	Provides FTP services. See the `proftpd`(8) man page for more information.

ProFTPD Files

The following table lists many of the files associated with the ProFTPD service and their functions.

Table 2 ProFTPD Files

File Name	Function
`~/.ftpaccess`	Provides an additional control mechanism for each virtual host. The file should be placed in the home directory for the virtual host. See http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/doc/devel-guide/internals/ftpaccess.html for more information.
`/etc/proftpd.conf`	Includes most of the configuration parameters that need to be defined in order for the ProFTPD service to function.
`/etc/shutmsg`	Includes information used by the `ftpshut` command.
`/etc/ftpd/ftpusers`	Lists the users to be disallowed FTP login privileges. Provided for backward compatibility with the wu-ftpd service.
`/var/log/xferlog`	Lists log information for ProFTPD.
`/var/run/proftpd.scoreboard`	Includes tracking information for each current session, which is used by commands like `ftpcount`, `ftptop`, and `ftpwho`. See http://www.proftpd.org/docs/howto/Scoreboard.html for more information.

ProFTPD User

A user and a group named ftp are created by the ProFTPD installation process. The ProFTPD server runs under these credentials.