Linux "vsftpd" Command Line Options and Examples

Very Secure FTP Daemon

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). Alternatively, vsftpd can be launched in standalone mode, in which case vsftpd itself will listen on the network.

Usage:

vsftpd [configuration file and / or options]

Command Line Options:

-v

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


                            vsftpd -v ...

-ooption

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 inter‐mingling with loading of config files.EXAMPLESvsftpd -olisten=NO /etc/vsftpd.conf -oftpd_banner=blahThat example overrides vsftpd's built-in default for the "listen" option to be NO, but then loads/etc/vsftpd.conf which may override that setting. Finally, the "ftpd_banner" setting is set to "blah", whichoverrides any default vsftpd setting and any identical setting that was in the config file.FILES/etc/vsftpd.conf


                            vsftpd -ooption ...