Why Read This Book?

This book is designed to be the clear, concise, informative reference to the Proftpd FTP server software, I hope that this document will become the official documentation for this software.

I hope to answer, all the questions you might have about the issues concerning setting up and configuring Proftpd and running the server software in the open and sometimes hostile environment of the Internet. In particular I cover the following subjects:

• How FTP operates, is defined and how it fits into todays Internet.

• How to configure a basic anonymous ftp server and a basic user based ftp server.