ProFTPD 1.2 README.modules
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Core ProFTPD Modules (modules subdirectory)
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Modules always included:

    mod_auth
        Implements FTP authentication commands (USER, PASS, ACCT, REIN).

    mod_core
        Implements core configuration directives and most RFC-959 FTP commands
        (CWD, CDUP, MKD, PWD, RMD, DELE, RNTO, RNFR, PASV, PORT, SYST, HELP,
        QUIT, NOOP), and the MDTM and SIZE extensions.

    mod_log
        Interface to Unix message logging (syslog or file).

    mod_ls
        Implements the FTP LIST, NLST and STAT commands.

    mod_site
        Implements the FTP SITE command, and the HELP, CHGRP, CHMOD subcommands.

    mod_unixpw
        Interface to the native Unix password system.

    mod_xfer
        Implements FTP file transfer commands (STOR, RETR, APPE, REST,
        ABOR, TYPE, STRU, MODE, ALLO, SMNT, STOU).


Modules automatically included when supported by the OS:

    mod_pam
        PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) authentication.
        See README.PAM.
        Originally contributed by MacGyver <macgyver@tos.net>.


Contributed ProFTPD Modules (contrib subdirectory)
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Also, see contrib/README.

Authentication modules:

    mod_ldap
        LDAP (Light-weight Directory Access Protocol) authentication.
        See README.LDAP.
        Contributed by John Morrissey <jwm@horde.net>.

    mod_sql, mod_sql_mysql, mod_sql_postgres
        (formerly known as mod_sqlpw, mod_mysql, mod_pgsql)
        SQL (Structured Query Language) database authentication and
        other functions, with backends for MySQL and PostgreSQL.
        See contrib/README.mod_sql.
        Contributed by Johnie Ingram <johnie@netgod.net>.
        Maintained by Andrew Houghton <aah@acm.org>.

    mod_radius
       RADIUS (RFC2865) authentication and accounting
       Contributed by TJ Saunders <tj@castaglia.org>.

Feature modules:

    mod_linuxprivs, libcap
        POSIX 1e (IEEE 1003.1e draft) security model enhancements
        (capabilities and capability sets), available for Linux
        kernels 2.1.104 and later.
        See README.linux-privs.

    mod_ratio
        User upload/download ratios.
        See contrib/README.ratio and the comments in mod_ratio.c.
        Contributed by Johnie Ingram <johnie@netgod.net>
        and Jim Dogopoulos <jd@dynw.com>/<jd@downcity.net>.

   mod_readme
       Display "readme" files, controlled by the "DisplayReadme" directive.
       Originally contributed by <jan.menzel@gmx.de>.

    mod_wrap
        TCP Wrappers.
        See contrib/README.mod_wrap and contrib/mod_wrap.html.
        Contributed by TJ Saunders <tj@digisle.net>.



Other ProFTPD modules (not included in the source distribution)
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Please see

    http://www.proftpd.org/module_news.html

for a current third-party module list.  These modules (and patches) are
neither evaluated nor sanctioned in any way.