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ftpasswd(1) — General Commands Manual

📋 NAME

ftpasswd — Perl script for managing AuthUserFiles and AuthGroupFiles

🚀 Quick Reference

Use Case	Command	Description
Create a new user in an AuthUserFile	ftpasswd --passwd --file /path/to/AuthUserFile --name username --uid 1001 --home /home/user --shell /bin/bash	📝 Adds a new user entry with password hash, UID, home directory, and shell
Change or update an existing user's password	ftpasswd --passwd --file /path/to/AuthUserFile --name username --change-password	🔑 Prompts for new password and updates the hash in the file
Create a new group in an AuthGroupFile	ftpasswd --group --file /path/to/AuthGroupFile --name groupname --gid 2000	👥 Adds a new group entry with GID
Add a user to a group	ftpasswd --group --file /path/to/AuthGroupFile --name groupname --member username	➕ Appends the username to the group's member list
Remove a user from a group	ftpasswd --group --file /path/to/AuthGroupFile --name groupname --member username --delete-user	➖ Removes the username from the group's member list
Delete a user from the AuthUserFile	ftpasswd --passwd --file /path/to/AuthUserFile --name username --delete	🗑️ Removes the entire user entry from the file

📖 SYNOPSIS

ftpasswd [ options ]

🔍 DESCRIPTION

ftpasswd is a Perl script designed to create and manage AuthUserFiles and AuthGroupFiles of the correct format for proftpd.

Full documentation for ftpasswd can be found at: http://www.proftpd.org/docs/utils/ftpasswd.html

👥 AUTHORS

ProFTPD is written and maintained by a number of people, full credits can be found on http://www.proftpd.org/credits.html

📚 SEE ALSO

proftpd(8)

Full documentation on ProFTPD, including configuration and FAQs, is available at http://www.proftpd.org/

For help/support, try the ProFTPD mailing lists, detailed on http://www.proftpd.org/lists.html

Report bugs at http://bugs.proftpd.org/

ftpasswd(1) — General Commands Manual 📋 NAME 🚀 Quick Reference 📖 SYNOPSIS 🔍 DESCRIPTION 👥 AUTHORS 📚 SEE ALSO