fzdefaults.xml(5)

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💖 fzdefaults.xml — like, the FileZilla manual page, bestie 💖

okay so this is fzdefaults.xml(5) from the FileZilla Manual and it's genuinely one of those files you don't think about until you need it, and then it's your whole personality. we're gonna go through it together, no cap. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

fzdefaults.xml — default options for FileZilla. that's it, that's the whole name section, she's short and she's iconic. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the two spots this file can live, and yes there are two of them:

/etc/filezilla/fzdefaults.xml
~/.filezilla/fzdefaults.xml

one is the system-wide one, one is the per-user one. copy that exactly, please, these paths are picky. 👑

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so this config file is the vibe-setter for the whole app. you use it to nail down some system-wide default options for FileZilla, and here's the full list of what it can control:

  • 📁 where the user's settings directory lives
  • 📋 a predefined list of Sitemanager entries — so everybody starts with the same bookmarks, cute
  • 🔒 Kiosk mode, which prevents FileZilla from saving any passwords at all — very "this machine is public, act accordingly"
  • 🚫 turning off the update check capability

and listen, bestie: go search for the file fzdefaults.xml.example for the actual details of how to write this stuff. it's often chillin' in the /usr/share/filezilla/docs directory. that example file is the real main character here, this manpage is just the intro. 🙈

🫶 SUPPORT 🫶

need more info? hit up https://filezilla-project.org/ — that's the spot. 🌈

and this is important, so I'm gonna say it loud: report bugs only if you are using the latest version available from the FileZilla website. like, don't come for them with a version from 2019 and expect a fix, that's not the move. 💀

Copyright (C) 2004-2026 Tim Kosse 🎀

FileZilla is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or later. periodt.

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

and that's the whole page, bestie! this one's from the FileZilla Manual, dated March 2026, and it ships as fzdefaults.xml(5) — mwah, go set some defaults, you absolute icon 🧚💜

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