SunOS and ftp logging


 
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Old 08-08-2007
couldnt you use "$ last {username}" to display the login entries recorded from any successfull logins from your ftp users? -otherwise, "$ dmesg | grep -i ftp" could possibly display you any errors in ftp (and other stuff containing ftp i dmesg).

Just some thoughts...
# 9  
Old 08-08-2007
It is a security requirement to have syslog logging enabled for ftp in many organisations.
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