ProFTPD on Mac
I didn't expect to find it so hard to run ProFTPD as a daemon on the Mac. Without further ado, here is the right `Launchctl` script to get it running on startup on MacOS 10.13 High Sierra.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<true/>
<key>Label</key>
<string>org.proftpd.proftpd</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/local/sbin/proftpd</string>
<string>-n</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>StandardOutPath</key>
<string>/tmp/proftpd.log</string>
<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
<string>/tmp/proftpd.err</string>
</dict>
</plist>Save the above script as /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.proftpd.proftpd.plist. You probably need to use sudo.
$ sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.proftpd.proftpd.plistA slightly outdated example is provided at ProFTPD: Stopping and Starting.