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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).	Alter-
       natively,  vsftpd can be	launched in standalone mode, in	which case vs-
       ftpd itself 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  option  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 con-
       fig   files   are   specified,	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, including 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" op-
       tion 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 overrides 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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