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xferlog(5) xferlog(5)
NAME
xferlog - FTP server logfile
SYNOPSIS
/var/adm/syslog/xferlog
DESCRIPTION
The xferlog file contains logging information from the FTP server daemon,
ftpd (see ftpd (1M)). This
file is found in
/var/adm/syslog
. 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 completion-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.
xferlog file, whitespaces or control characters
in the filename are replaced by an underscore (_) when the file is transferred by
FTP.
transfer-type 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 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 The direction of the transfer. Can be one of:
o outgoing
i incoming
access-mode 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 (4)).
r (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:
0 none
1 RFC931 Authentication
authenticated-user-id
The user id returned by the authentication method. An asterisk (
*) 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:
c complete transfer
i incomplete transfer
FILES
/usr/adm/syslog/xferlog
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