Using FTP Server Logs

The following table describes the statistics recorded in FTP server logs.

FTP Server Log Statistics

Statistic

Description

Timestamp

Time that the bytes were transmitted.

ID

Connection ID. A separate ID for each FTP connection.

Message

The message section of the log entry can be logfile status information, or FTP connection information (login, upload, download, logout, and so forth).

Example

In this example, the FTP server log records a connection (ID:1). The IP address of the incoming connection is shown, as well as the activity (uploading and downloading files) and the logout.


Wed Sep  8 18:03:06 2004 Info: Begin Logfile
Wed Sep  8 18:03:06 2004 Info: Version: 4.0.0-206 SN: 00065BF3BA6D-9WFWC21
Wed Sep  8 18:03:06 2004 Info: Time offset from UTC: 0 seconds
Wed Sep  8 18:03:06 2004 Info: System is coming up
Fri Sep 10 08:07:32 2004 Info: Time offset from UTC: -25200 seconds
Fri Sep 10 08:07:32 2004 Info: ID:1 Connection from 10.1.3.14 on 172.19.0.86
Fri Sep 10 08:07:38 2004 Info: ID:1 User admin login SUCCESS
Fri Sep 10 08:08:46 2004 Info: ID:1 Upload wording.txt 20 bytes
Fri Sep 10 08:08:57 2004 Info: ID:1 Download words.txt 1191 bytes
Fri Sep 10 08:09:06 2004 Info: ID:1 User admin logout