Setting up ProFTPd as a Windows service under Cygwin

In order to run ProFTPd as a Windows service under Cygwin the following needs to be set in the /etc/proftpd.conf file:

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# Port 21 is the standard FTP port.
#Port                           21
Port                            2122
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# Set the user and group under which the server will run.
User                            SYSTEM
Group                           Administrators

# To cause every FTP user to be "jailed" (chrooted) into their home
# directory, uncomment this line.
DefaultRoot ~

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The server can then be run as a service:

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cygrunsrv --install proftpd \
          --path /usr/sbin/proftpd.exe \
          --args "--nodaemon" \
          --type manual \
          --disp "CYGWIN proftpd" \
          --desc "ProFTPd FTP daemon"

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Then it needs to be run:

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cygrunsrv --start proftpd

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