diff --git a/proftpd/PKGBUILD b/proftpd/PKGBUILD
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+#
+# Apps Packages for Chakra, part of chakra-project.org
+#
+# maintainer (i686): Phil Miller <philm[at]chakra-project[dog]org>
+# maintainer (x86_64): Manuel Tortosa <manutortosa[at]chakra-project[dot]org>
+
+# include global config
+
+pkgname=proftpd
+pkgver=1.3.3d
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="A high-performance, scalable FTP server"
+arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
+url="http://www.proftpd.org"
+license=('GPL')
+depends=('glibc' 'pam' 'ncurses' 'libcap' 'libldap' 
+	 'libmysqlclient' 'postgresql-libs')
+backup=('etc/proftpd.conf' 'etc/conf.d/proftpd')
+source=(ftp://ftp.proftpd.org/distrib/source/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.bz2
+	'proftpd'
+        'proftpd.logrotate'
+	'proftpd.conf.d')
+md5sums=('69650e91e05b3a10fa3ac54ee261679b'
+         '03434e92fbf9250275bfb510a68f66bc'
+         '2022dae1483868569299396777d3694a'
+         '2a1a9bab12655bd8694ac49d48c6f0e4')
+
+build() {
+	cd ${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}
+
+	./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --disable-pam \
+	    --with-modules=mod_quotatab:mod_quotatab_file:mod_tls:mod_ldap:mod_sql:mod_sql_mysql:mod_sql_postgres \
+	    --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/run --enable-ctrls --enable-ipv6 \
+	    --with-includes=/usr/include/mysql:/usr/include/postgresql \
+	    --with-libraries=/usr/lib/mysql:/usr/lib/postgresql --enable-nls
+	make
+}
+
+package() {
+	cd ${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}
+
+	make DESTDIR=${pkgdir} install
+	install -Dm644 ../proftpd.logrotate ${pkgdir}/etc/logrotate.d/proftpd
+	install -Dm644 ../proftpd.conf.d ${pkgdir}/etc/conf.d/proftpd
+	install -Dm755 ../proftpd ${pkgdir}/etc/rc.d/proftpd
+	install -Dm755 contrib/xferstats.holger-preiss \
+	   ${pkgdir}/usr/bin/ftpstats
+	cd ${pkgdir}/etc
+	sed -i 's|nogroup|nobody|g' proftpd.conf
+	rmdir ${pkgdir}/usr/libexec
+}
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diff --git a/proftpd/proftpd b/proftpd/proftpd
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# source application-specific settings
+PROFTPD_ARGS=
+[ -f /etc/conf.d/proftpd ] && . /etc/conf.d/proftpd
+
+. /etc/rc.conf
+. /etc/rc.d/functions
+
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+    stat_busy "Starting ProFTPd Server"
+    /usr/sbin/proftpd ${PROFTPD_ARGS}
+    if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
+      stat_fail
+    else
+      add_daemon proftpd
+      stat_done
+    fi
+    ;;
+  stop)
+    stat_busy "Stopping ProFTPd Server"
+    [ -f /var/run/proftpd.pid ] && kill $(cat /var/run/proftpd.pid) &> /dev/null
+    if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
+      stat_fail
+    else
+      rm -f /var/run/proftpd.pid
+      rm_daemon proftpd
+      stat_done
+    fi
+    ;;
+  restart)
+    $0 stop
+    sleep 1
+    $0 start
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
+esac
+exit 0
diff --git a/proftpd/proftpd.conf.d b/proftpd/proftpd.conf.d
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+#
+# Parameters to be passed to proftpd
+#
+PROFTPD_ARGS=""
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