XFERLOG(5)

NAME

xferlog - FTP server logfile

DESCRIPTION

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 accessmode username service-name authentication-method authenticated-user-id completion-status

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 transferred file in bytes.

filename is the name of the transferred file.

transfer-type is a single character indicating the type of trans

fer. 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 authenti

cated 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.

completion-status is a single character indicating the status of the

transfer. Can be one of:

c complete transfer
i incomplete transfer

FILES

/usr/adm/xferlog

SEE ALSO

ftpd(8), ftpaccess(5)

XFERLOG(5)