topic Re: ftp logs in Operating System - HP-UX

ftp logs

Waqar Razi — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:19:02 GMT

I want to check whois transferring what from hpux servers using ftp, how can I check that? Is there any log file for ftp activity?

Re: ftp logs

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:34:37 GMT

Shalom,

standard hp-ux install uses wsftpd. Configuration for this daemon is controlled by the internet services daemon inetd.conf in /etc/

inetd can be configured with logging, which normally goes to /var/adm/syslog

You can break out the ftp logs or have them merely be part of syslog.

SEP

Re: ftp logs

James R. Ferguson — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:44:15 GMT

Hi wagar:

You can track the FTP transfers in the '/var/adm/syslog/xferlog' file by setting up the '/etc/ftpd/ftpaccess' file to contain the lines:

log commands real,guest,anonymous
log transfers real,guest,anonymous inbound,outbound

In your '/etc/inetd.conf' your FTP daemon arguments should look like:

ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/lbin/ftpd ftpd -l -a

See the manpages for 'ftpd(1M)', 'ftpaccess(4)' and 'xferlog(5)'

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: ftp logs

Sani — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:16:10 GMT

Hi Waqar ,

To enable "xferlog" ,
1) please edit /etc/inetd.conf and put the entry for ftpd as follows ,

ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/lbin/ftpd ftpd -l -i -o

2) restart services
#inetd -c

3) now all ftp sessions will be logged in the file "/var/adm/syslog/xferlog"

Regards
Sani