Unlike many daemons, Pure-FTPd doesn't read any configuration file (but for
LDAP and SQL). Instead, it uses command-line options. For instance, the '-H'
flag recommended and avoids DNS lookups.

To enable this, just add it to the server name:

    /usr/local/sbin/pure-ftpd -H

Alternative long options are also supported. Here's an equivalent of the
previous command:

    /usr/local/sbin/pure-ftpd --dontresolve

But you can use traditional configuration files over command-line options.

If you want to use a configuration file with Pure-FTPd, you can, through
a wrapper. That wrapper will parse a file and convert it to command-line
options. Then, the server will be started with these options.

Please have a look at the 'configuration-files' directory. Copy the sample
configuration file called 'pure-ftpd.conf' to a suitable location, say /etc:

    cd configuration-files
    cp pure-ftpd.conf /etc

Edit /etc/pure-ftpd.conf according to your needs.

Then, to start the server, just run the following command:

    chmod 755 pure-config.pl
    ./pure-config.pl /etc/pure-ftpd.conf

This is a simple Perl script that will run /usr/local/sbin/pure-ftpd with
the right options, according to the configuration file.

We also provide a Python version of this program ('pure-config.py').

Should any of these config tools contain a wrong path or fail otherwise,
please file a bug report.