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 access-mode username service-name authentication-method authenticated-user-id

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 transfered file in bytes.

filename
    is the name of the transfered file.

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

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 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.

FILES
/usr/adm/xferlog

SEE ALSO
ftpd(8), ftpaccess(5)