I recently used the Apple FTP tool to set my computer as an FTP server. I know I can monitor FTP activity through the Console, but it only shows activity and not content. Is there a way I can see which individual files people are taking or leaving?
I recently used the Apple FTP tool to set my computer as an FTP server. I know I can monitor FTP activity through the Console, but it only shows activity and not content. Is there a way I can see which individual files people are taking or leaving?
Hi pooksat,
I'm not sure whether client and server version of MacOS X are using the same ftp server daemon. But in the client version of MacOS X 10.3.7 you can change the server_args in /etc/xinetd.d/ftp from '-l' to '-l -l'. This turns on extensive logging, every transferred file is logged in /var/log/ftp.log.
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Originally posted by pooksat
I recently used the Apple FTP tool to set my computer as an FTP server. I know I can monitor FTP activity through the Console, but it only shows activity and not content. Is there a way I can see which individual files people are taking or leaving?
Hi pooksat,
I'm not sure whether client and server version of MacOS X are using the same ftp server daemon. But in the client version of MacOS X 10.3.7 you can change the server_args in /etc/xinetd.d/ftp from '-l' to '-l -l'. This turns on extensive logging, every transferred file is logged in /var/log/ftp.log.
Greetings,
durandal