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Old 08-05-2009
How to get successful/unsuccessful FTP logs in UNIX
Hi,

We have one UNIX Server (Sun Solaris), and the files coming to this server from another server.

The problem is, that server is continously sending files to our server via FTP. But the observation is that some files missing in our Server but in that server it shows the files FTPed successfully.

So is there any way or process to keep track or generate log of FTP (for incoming/outgoing files)

Pls help
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Old 08-05-2009
You could work with flag files like "<somefilename>_ok" for every file you send/receive which will be sent right after the file with data in it. It is no guarantee but a little help.
Else you can parse the verbose output of your ftp actions ie. those 3 digit codes which should be unified by some rfc.

If possible I would recommend to switch to scp anyway since it is a) enkrypted and b) you can just test it with $? if it was successful or not.
Last edited by zaxxon; 08-05-2009 at 05:41 AM.. Reason: added scp comment
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Old 08-05-2009
Various levels of logging are available from ftpd.
See "man ftpd"
You add the switches to the ftpd line in inetd.conf .
 
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