Is there a way to tell proftd to always show the hidden files? I've got users who are getting upset because the ftp server doesn't show the .hidden files via ftp.

he needs to enter in the right flags in his ftp program

that's not the problem, that's already been done and tested it's an issue with the proftd config file.

The users FTP client should do that not proftp

Originally posted by ckizer
because the ftp server doesn't show the .hidden files via ftp.

As long as I now, that's the default ProFTPD conf.
If I were you, I would suggest your client to log into his/her account through telnet/ssh if he/she would like to see any hidden files.

Sorry, but these are all things I aware of at this time. If anybody know how to force proFTPd to show the hidden files please let me know, it only will show them on command line clients.

Actually you can do this in proFTPd, just add this directive to your proftpd.conf file: LsDefaultOptions "-a"

I'm not sure what version your using but I'm sure that it's in all recent versions. I'm sure that if you check proftpd.org this will be documented on their site.