How to log FTP Server activity on OpenVMS

[Heinz W Genhart]

Hi

we are using OpenVMS 7.3-2 with TCPIP 5.4 ECO 4 and we would like to log the activity of a FTP server. Does anyone know how we can do this ? Are there logical names we can use to turn on and off this ?

[Mike Reznak]

Hi,
FTP activity should be logged ,as I believe, by default. Check $ TCPIP SHOW SERVICE FTP /FULL. You should see 'Log Opts:' and log file defined there. Log file is usually in SYS$LOGIN dir of FTP account. For TCPIP$FTP it's usually SYS$SYSDEVICE:[TCPIP$FTP] and you should find there TCPIP$FTP_RUN.LOG .
To change log_options see
$ TCPIP HELP SET SERVICE /LOG_OPTIONS

Mike

[Willem Grooters]

It is already logged unless it has been set off explicitly (not recommended ;-)).
Default location is SYS$SYSDEVICE:[TCPIP$FTP]FTP_RUN.LOG. If you have enabled anonymous FTP, you will have additional separate logging in TCPIP$FTP_ANONYMOUS.LOG in the same location.
There is also a LOGIN.COM in that directory that is empty but for a single comment line. I have not tried to put anything in it but it might be possible to add specific comments in there.

[Arch_Muthiah]

Hi,

When you configure VMS TCPIP, the LOG files for all services will be created automatically, such as

FTP server activity log will be in
sys$manager:tcpip$ftp_server.log

Other FTP RUN activities will be available in the following file and locations...

sys$sysdevice:[TCPIP$FTP]TCPIP$FTP_ANAYMOUS.LOG
and
sys$sysdevice:[TCPIP$FTP]TCPIP$FTP_RUN.LOG

if you have TCPWare, then the all the FTP transactions occured between Client and Server will be logged in the login directory in SYS$LOGIN:FTPServer_DTP.LOG

also
you can create your own FTP log file to trace any specific activities using the following cmnd....
$ SET SERVICE FTP /LOG_OPTIONS=(FILE=SYS$SYSDEVICE:[TCPIP$FTP]myftplog.log, accept, activate, address, connetc, deactivate, error, exit_cleanup, login, logout, modify, reject)

Archunan

[Arch_Muthiah]

Hi,

FTP server activity log will be in
sys$manager:tcpip$ftp_server.log

[Heinz W Genhart]

The comments have been helpfull. We solved the problem. Thanks a lot

Heinz