---
name: "wzdftpd"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "wzdftpd"
version: "0.8.3-6.2"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wzdftpd"
---

# wzdftpd(8)

a modular and cool ftp server

## NAME

wzdftpd - a modular and cool ftp server

## SYNOPSIS

**wzdftpd** \[arguments\]

## DESCRIPTION

**wzdftpd** is a ftp server designed to be modular and entirely configurable online using SITE commands.

wzdftpd offers the following features:

- \- Simple configuration file, supporting inclusions

  - \- Online administration, using SITE commands

  - \- Backends to store users/groups in different structures

  - \- Modules: internal, using shared librairies, or external

    (scripts/applications)

- \- Users are virtual: you do not need to create users in system

  - \- SSL/TLS support

  - \- Server is designed to run as a non-privileged user to enforce security

  - \- Server can detect ip changes (dynamic ips) and set ip and passive ip

    accordingly

- \- Cross devices operations (copy/move) (though can be slow)

  - \- Logging support (compatible with the wu-ftpd standard)

  - \- Designed for high performances: coded with C, multithreaded

  ## OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  Display this text

- **-d**

  Delete IPC if present (Linux only)

- **-f** *filename*

  Load alternative config file

- **-s, --force-foreground**

  Stay in foreground

- **-V, --version**

  Show version.

## AUTHOR and CREDITS

wzdftpd is written and maintained by Pierre Chifflier \<pollux@wzdftpd.net\>

The Official wzdftpd website: **http://www.wzdftpd.net/**

This manpage was written by Roman Bogorodskiy \<bogorodskiy@inbox.ru\>

## SEE ALSO

[**ftp**(1)](/ftp/1.md), [**services**(5)](/services/5.md), [**ftpd**(8)](/ftpd/8.md).