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NAME
     vsftpd -- Very Secure FTP Daemon

SYNOPSIS
     vsftpd [configuration file and / or options]

DESCRIPTION
     vsftpd  is the Very Secure File Transfer Protocol Daemon. The server can be
     launched via a "super-server" such  as  inetd(8)  or  xinetd(8).	Alterna-
     tively, vsftpd can be launched in standalone mode, in which case vsftpd it-
     self  will  listen  on  the network. This latter mode is easier to use, and
     recommended.    It    is	 activated    by    setting    listen=YES     in
     /usr/local/etc/vsftpd.conf.   Direct  execution  of  the vsftpd binary will
     then launch the FTP service ready for immediate client connections.

OPTIONS
     An optional configuration file or files may be given on the  command  line.
     These  files must be owned as root if running as root. Any command line op-
     tion not starting with a "-" character is treated as  a  config  file  that
     will  be loaded. Note that config files are loaded in the strict order that
     they are encountered on the command line.	If no config  files  are  speci-
     fied,  the default configuration file of /usr/local/etc/vsftpd.conf will be
     loaded, after all other command line options are processed.

     Supported options are:

     -v      Print the version information and exit, even if other  options  are
	     encountered.

     -ooption=value
	     Set  a  single  option,  value pair as per the format in the config
	     file. Multiple -o options are supported, and they	are  applied  in
	     strict  order relative to their appearance on the command line, in-
	     cluding intermingling with loading of config files.

EXAMPLES
     vsftpd -olisten=NO /usr/local/etc/vsftpd.conf -oftpd_banner=blah

     That example overrides vsftpd's built-in default for the "listen" option to
     be NO, but then loads /usr/local/etc/vsftpd.conf which  may  override  that
     setting.  Finally,  the "ftpd_banner" setting is set to "blah", which over-
     rides any default vsftpd setting and any identical setting that was in  the
     config file.

FILES
     /usr/local/etc/vsftpd.conf

SEE ALSO
     vsftpd.conf(5)

				  March 8, 2001 		       VSFTPD(8)

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