ftp logging

ftp logging

[urgrue]

my ftp daemon logs all commands done via ftp, which is great. only 
thing is, it logs them to the log file only after the command has 
completed. so, for example, someone starts downloading some 200 meg 
file, i cant see (in the log files) what he is downloading, until its 
finished.
so, any ideas how i can see what he's doing?
lsof | grep -i <make some guesses>
is what i'm using now. needless to say its a bit clumsy, especially if 
several users are downloading at the same time, because i cant tell 
them apart.

i'm using vsftpd.

Re: ftp logging

[Jeff Largent]

ncftpd has ncftpd_spy that lets you see what users are doing.


urgrue wrote:
> my ftp daemon logs all commands done via ftp, which is great. only 
> thing is, it logs them to the log file only after the command has 
> completed. so, for example, someone starts downloading some 200 meg 
> file, i cant see (in the log files) what he is downloading, until its 
> finished.
> so, any ideas how i can see what he's doing?
> lsof | grep -i <make some guesses>
> is what i'm using now. needless to say its a bit clumsy, especially if 
> several users are downloading at the same time, because i cant tell 
> them apart.
> 
> i'm using vsftpd.
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