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Diffstat (limited to 'libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8')
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8 b/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8 index 6e5b199cbfd3..8cd69027cfeb 100644 --- a/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8 +++ b/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.8 @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Internet File Transfer Protocol server .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm ftpd .Op Fl dl +.Op Fl D .Op Fl S .Op Fl U .Op Fl T Ar maxtimeout @@ -68,6 +69,16 @@ session is logged using syslog with a facility of LOG_FTP. If this option is specified twice, the retrieve (get), store (put), append, delete, make directory, remove directory and rename operations and their filename arguments are also logged. +.It Fl D +With this option set, +.Nm ftpd +will detach and become a daemon, accepting connections on the FTP port and +forking children processes to handle them. This is lower overhead than +starting +.Nm ftpd +from +.Xr inetd 8 +and is thus useful on busy servers to reduce load. .It Fl S With this option set, .Nm ftpd @@ -295,6 +306,7 @@ Log file for anonymous transfers. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ftp 1 , .Xr getusershell 3 , +.Xr inetd 8 , .Xr syslogd 8 .Sh BUGS The server must run as the super-user |