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XFERLOG(5)                               File Formats Manual                              XFERLOG(5)



NAME
       xferlog - ProFTPD server logfile

DESCRIPTION
       The  xferlog  file contains logging information from the FTP server daemon, proftpd(8).  This
       file usually is found in /var/log but can be located anywhere by using a proftpd(8)  configu‐
       ration directive.  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   authentica‐
              tion-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.  If the filename contains any spaces
                           or control characters, each such character is replaced by  an  underscore
                           ('_') character.

       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
                                  d         deleted

       access-mode         is the method by which the user is logged in. Can be one of:
                                  a         (anonymous) is for an anonymous guest user.
                                  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.

       completion-status   is  a single character indicating the status of the transfer.  Can be one
                           of:
                                  c         complete transfer
                                  i         incomplete transfer

FILES
       /var/log/xferlog
AUTHORS
       ProFTPD is written and maintained by a number  of  people,  full  credits  can  be  found  on
       http://www.proftpd.org/credits.html

SEE ALSO
       proftpd(8)

       Full   documentation   on   ProFTPD,  including  configuration  and  FAQs,  is  available  at
       http://www.proftpd.org/

       For     help/support,     try     the     ProFTPD     mailing     lists,     detailed      on
       http://www.proftpd.org/lists.html

       Report bugs at http://bugs.proftpd.org/



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