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Trying to find which version of pure-ftpd my server is using, in order to help troubleshoot a probably FTP client issue.

I'm on CentOS 6.7, but would prefer a more generic/universal method, if possible.

I found this method (https://askubuntu.com/questions/153491/how-to-find-pure-ftpd-version), but it only works for Ubuntu, or other systems (Debian-based, etc) that are using the apt package manager.

I suppose something with the yum package manager might work? But again, would prefer a more generic/universal method, if possible.

I tried looking at the man page, and invoking the pure-ftpd command, but found nothing to help indicate which version is installed.

Thanks!

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This should work universally:

$ pure-ftpd --help | head -1
pure-ftpd v1.0.36 [privsep]
EEAA
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    huh, for some reason `pure-ftpd --help` on my particular server doesn't output the version; but if it did, as the first line, this would work. On mine, I just get `-0 --notruncate`, which is the first line of the output of `pure-ftpd --help`. Thanks, though. – Aaron Wallentine Jun 07 '16 at 19:30
  • I guess different versions of pure-ftpd output the help message slightly differently? I'm on 1.0.42 (as reported by yum). Thank you, though, that could still be helpful. – Aaron Wallentine Jun 07 '16 at 19:48
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    As a complement to @EEAA's answer: on my CentOS 6.10 system, I've just realized that `pure-ftpd --help` outputs the version in the first line **only if I'm root or I've sudoed the command**. – AbVog Dec 24 '18 at 18:19
  • @AbVog I can confirm this sudoed thing for Manjaro too. – wiktor Apr 15 '22 at 06:09
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OK, this works:

yum info pure-ftpd

But still wondering if there's a more generic way?

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Open your Terminal and type the following command

apt-cache showpkg pure-ftpd
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  • This is Debian-style, not Red Hat-style which uses yum. OP specifies that he is using CentOS, which is Red Hat-style yum, so this answer is wrong. – Law29 Jun 21 '16 at 16:57
  • Still potentially useful for others, though, who may be on Debian-style systems. I was hoping for something universal, though, but sadly nothing yet. But at least we have a useful collection of things to try. – Aaron Wallentine Jun 26 '16 at 19:14