ftp messages to operator.log?

[Kevin Carter_3]

The operator.log file contains OPCOM messages about many things, for example SSH and LPD connections. Is there a way to have ftp connection requests logged to the operator log file? If not is there a log file that contains all ftp connection requests?

[Karl Rohwedder]

Kevin,

have you read the following sectionof the TCPIP management guide:

http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/83final/6526/6526pro_041.html#ftp_logicals_sec

There are some logicals to control name and location of the FTP server logfiles.

regards Kalle

[Hoff]

I'd tend to use security auditing for this task. You can watch various activities, and you can enable logging of various operations either explicitly or by enabling alarms or audits (via ACE) on various components involved.

Various IP stacks have mechanisms for increasing the logging and/or for reducing or increasing the quantity of logging information to application-specific log files, or other similar operations.

Check the documentation for your particular IP stack and IP stack version for details on its implementation of FTP. For the current TCP/IP Services versions, see the available FTP docs in the TCP/IP Services management manual and particularly logical names such as TCPIP$FTPD_LOG_CLIENT_ACTIVITY. The FTP server (daemon) log files are generally stored in SYS$SYSDEVICE:[TCPIP$FTP...], though this can be reconfigured.

For the OpenVMS auditing settings, see the SET AUDIT and SHOW AUDIT commands, and the ANALYZE /AUDIT utility.

I tend to avoid OPERATOR.LOG if I can get the information into the audit log; it's easier to process the audit log. Alternatively, various TCP/IP Services details can potentially be acquired from the FTP or other of the various TCP/IP application logs.

Stephen Hoffman
HoffmanLabs LLC