Management commands

Django FTP server add some commands to manage.py commands.

ftpserver

Start FTP server.

Usage:

$ python manage.py ftpserver [options] [host:port]

[host:port] is bind address for FTP server.

For example, it binds to address of 10.0.0.1:21:

$ python manage.py ftpserver 10.0.0.1:21

Keep in mind that you need root permissions if you use well known ports (0 - 1023) for ftpserver.

options

Option	Description
--daemonize	become background service.
--pidfile=PIDFILE	filename to write process id (PID).
--timeout=TIMEOUT	timeout for remote client.
--passive-ports=PASSIVE-PORTS	Passive ports. eg. 12345,30000-50000
--masquerade-address=MASQUERADE-ADDRESS	masquerade address.
--file-access-user=FILE-ACCESS-USER	user for access to file.
--certfile=CERTFILE	TLS certificate file.
--keyfile=KEYFILE	TLS private key file.
--sendfile	Use sendfile.

createftpuseraccount

Create a FTP user account (FTPUserAccount record).

Usage:

$ python manage.py createftpuseraccount [options] <username> <group> [home_dir]

createftpusergroup

Create a FTP user group (FTPUserGroup record).

Usage:

$ python manage.py createftpusergroup [options] <name> [home_dir]