Log Samples from xferlog (by default at /var/log/xferlog)

The xferlog file contains logging information from the FTP server daemon, ftpd. This file usually is found at /var/log/xferlog, but can be anywhere else.

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    ser\xadvice-name    authentication-method  authenticated-user-id   completion-status

Samples:

Thu Sep  2 09:52:00 2004 50 192.168.20.10 896242 /home/test/file1.tgz b _ o r suporte ftp 0 * c
Thu Sep  2 09:57:16 2004 289 192.168.20.10 8045867 /home/test2.tgz b _ o r suporte ftp 0 * c