ftpdctl - ProFTPD control program
ftpdctl [ -hv ] [ -s Unix domain socket ] action action-parameters
ftpdctl(8) System Manager's Manual ftpdctl(8)
NAME
ftpdctl - ProFTPD control program
SYNOPSIS
ftpdctl [ -hv ] [ -s Unix domain socket ] action action-parameters
DESCRIPTION
ftpdctl is the control program for the Professional File Transfer Pro-
tocol (FTP) server daemon. The control program is used to control the
daemon while it is running, supporting actions like restarting or shut-
ting down the daemon, disabling or enabling specific virtual servers,
kicking FTP users, etc.
The specific actions available via ftpdctl depend on the modules com-
piled into proftpd. Check the modules documentation for more informa-
tion on the specific actions supported by the modules.
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.html
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+---------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+---------------------+
|Availability | service/network/ftp |
+---------------+---------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+---------------------+
SEE 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/
NOTES
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from ftp://ftp.proftpd.org/dis-
trib/source/proftpd-1.3.6.tar.gz.
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at http://www.proftpd.org/.
November 2003 ftpdctl(8)