xferlog(5)xferlog(5)NAMExferlog - FTP server logfile
SYNOPSISDESCRIPTION
The file contains logging information from the FTP server daemon, (see
ftpd(1M)). This file is found in 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 authenticated-user-id compleā
tion-status
current-time 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 The total time in seconds for the transfer.
remote-host The remote host name.
file-size The size of the transferred file in bytes.
filename The name of the transferred file.
transfer-type A single character indicating the type of transfer.
Can be one of:
for an ascii transfer
for a binary transfer
special-action-flag One or more single character flags indicating any
special action taken. Can be one or more of:
file was compressed
file was uncompressed
file was tar'ed
no action was taken
direction The direction of the transfer. Can be one of:
outgoing
incoming
access-mode The method by which the user is logged in. Can be
one of:
(anonymous) is for an anonymous guest user.
(guest) is for an passworded guest user (see the
command in ftpaccess(4)).
(real) is for a local authenticated user.
username The local username, or if guest, the ID string
given.
service-name The name of the service being invoked, usually FTP.
authentication-method
The method of authentication used. Can be one of:
none
RFC931 Authentication
authenticated-user-id
The user id returned by the authentication method.
A * is used if an authenticated user id is not
available.
completion-status This is a single character indicating the status of
the transfer. It can be one of:
complete transfer
incomplete transfer
FILES
AUTHOR
was developed by the Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
SEE ALSOftpd(1M), ftpaccess(4), syslog(3C).
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