Index: pure-ftpd-1.0.47/src/simpleconf.c
===================================================================
--- pure-ftpd-1.0.47/src/simpleconf.c
+++ pure-ftpd-1.0.47/src/simpleconf.c	2018-01-23 09:36:22.420859660 +0100
@@ -676,9 +676,10 @@
 {
     char **argv = NULL;
     int    argc = 0;
+    char **argv_tmp = NULL;
+    char *arg = NULL;
+    int i;
 
-    *argc_p = 0;
-    *argv_p = NULL;
     if ((argv = malloc(sizeof *argv)) == NULL ||
         (app_name = strdup(app_name)) == NULL) {
         sc_argv_free(argc, argv);
@@ -691,6 +692,24 @@
         sc_argv_free(argc, argv);
         return -1;
     }
+
+    for (i = 2; i < *argc_p; ++i) {
+        ++argc;
+        arg = strdup((*argv_p)[i]);
+        if (arg == NULL) {
+	     return -1;
+	}
+        if ((argv_tmp = realloc(argv, (sizeof arg) *
+            ((size_t) argc + 1))) == NULL) {
+          return -1;
+        }
+        argv = argv_tmp;
+        argv[argc - 1] = arg;
+      }
+      if (*argc_p > 2) {
+        argv[argc] = NULL;
+      }
+
     *argc_p = argc;
     *argv_p = argv;