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xferlog - FTP server logfile
The xferlog file contains logging information from the FTP
server daemon, ftpd(8)
. This file usually is found in
/usr/adm, but can be located anywhere by using a option to
ftpd(8)
. Each server entry is composed of a single line
of the following form, with all fields being separated by
spaces.
current-time transfer-time remote-host file-size filename transfer-type special-action-flag direction access-mode username service-name authentication-method authen_ticated-user-id
- current-time
- is the current local time in the form
«DDD MMM dd hh:mm:ss YYYY". Where DDD
is the day of the week, MMM is the
month, dd is the day of the month, hh
is the hour, mm is the minutes, ss is
the seconds, and YYYY is the year.
- transfer-time
- is the total time in seconds for the
transfer.
- remote-host
- is the remote host name.
- file-size
- is the size of the transfered file in
bytes.
- filename
- is the name of the transfered file.
- transfer-type
- is a single character indicating the
type of transfer. Can be one of:
- a
- for an ascii transfer
- b
- for a binary transfer
special-action-flag is one or more single character flags
indicating any special action taken.
Can be one or more of:
- C
- file was compressed
- U
- file was uncompressed
- T
- file was tar'ed
- _
- no action was taken
- direction
- is the direction of the transfer. Can
be one of:
- o
- outgoing
- i
- incoming
- access-mode
- is the method by which the user is
logged in. Can be one of:
- a
- (anonymous) is for an
anonymous guest user.
- g
- (guest) is for an
passworded guest user
(see the guestgroup
command in ftpaccess(5)
).
- r
- (real) is for a local
authenticated user.
- username
- is the local username, or if guest,
the ID string given.
- service-name
- is the name of the service being
invoked, usually FTP.
authentication-method
is the method of authentication used.
Can be one of:
- 0
- none
- 1
- RFC931 Authentication
authenticated-user-id
is the user id returned by the authentication
method. A * is used if an
authenticated user id is not available.
/usr/adm/xferlog
ftpd(8)
, ftpaccess(5)
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