[ale] Create custom log

[sangell at nan.net]

Yea, I looked into xfer.log but it is only implemented when you set up an
ftp server via the linux distro. In my case I did not install the ftp
server and opted to install the F-Secure sftp server.


\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
\_    Steve Angell,  MCSE, CCNA           _/
\_    MIS Operations Manager               _/
\_    TSYS Debt Management             _/
\_    Norcross, GA                                   _/
\_    Phone 770-409-5570                    _/
\_    Fax      770-416-1752                   _/
\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/


                                                                                                                   
                    Geoffrey                                                                                       
                    <esoteric at 3tim       To:     ale at ale.org                                                       
                    es25.net>            cc:     sangell at nan.net                                                   
                                         Subject:     Re: [ale] Create custom log                                  
                    02/14/2002                                                                                     
                    01:54 PM                                                                                       
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   




I don't know what does it, BUT, just for shits and grins, I ftp'd to my
box, downloaded a file and then looked into my /var/log dir, found a
file called xferlog and here's the entry:

Thu Feb 14 13:48:26 2002 1 denali.home.edu 1230 /home/esoteric/.profile
b _ o r esoteric ftp 0 * c

What I did was 'get .profile'

This might help?  (mandrake 8.0 here)

Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> Steve -
>
> This may be a situation where Linux might be the wrong operating system.
> I know that OpenVMS has the capability to keep logs of all file access.
> Perhaps that NSA version of Linux I've read about has had that feature
> added to it.
>
> - Jeff
>
> sangell at nan.net wrote:
>
>> I tried this one a day or two ago and got no replies so I'll try another
>> method. Can/How do I create a means of logging file access? I am
>> needing to
>> monitor access to directories in /home. I need a means of knowing when
>> files placed on a server have been picked up so that they can be
>> deleted by
>> an automated process. Why do I not let the user delete the files?
>> Because I
>> have to have a way of showing that the file was placed on the server,
was
>> picked up, and then deleted a short time later. Otherwise client can
lose
>> file and blame me for it "never being placed on server to be picked
>> up". I
>> would like to log ftp transactions but have exhausted all efforts to
>> find a
>> solution to do that since I am using F-Secure and sftp. Any help?
>> Anybody?
>> You guys are awake right? (Please keep in mind programming is not my
>> forte'!)
>>
>> As always thanks in advance!
>>
>>
>> \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
>> \_    Steve Angell,  MCSE, CCNA           _/
>> \_    MIS Operations Manager               _/
>> \_    TSYS Debt Management             _/
>> \_    Norcross, GA                                   _/
>> \_    Phone 770-409-5570                    _/
>> \_    Fax      770-416-1752                   _/
>> \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
>>
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