Re: vsftpd monitor?

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Has anyone found a way to monitor vsftpd connections?

On 12/16/05, Devon Harding <devonharding@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I hear there were some security issues with proftpd.

On 12/16/05, wwp < subscript@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello Devon,
>
>
> On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 19:36:44 -0500 Devon Harding <devonharding@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Will ftptop work with vsftpd?
>
> I wouldn't bet on this (excerpts from online man page):
> ftptop - display running status on proftpd server connections
>
> Moreover, google reported many threads about people switching to proftpd to
> get benefit of those ftptop/ftpwho/etc. tools. It remain 3 possibilities now:
> either you find someone who already did a ftptop-like thing, or you
> program/script it, or send a feature request to the author..
>
>
> Regards,
>
> > On 12/13/05, wwp <subscript@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Hello Mike,
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:09:07 -0600 Mike Klinke < lsomike@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Monday 12 December 2005 19:01, Devon Harding wrote:
> > > > > Is there any way to monitor vsftpd traffic? Like ftpwho?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Monitoring at the packet level? .... tcpdump port 21
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Other points/levels of monitoring depend on how you have vsftpd
> > > > confiured:
> > > >
> > > > At the login level you can monitor /var/log/messages
> > > >
> > > >  tail -f /var/log/messages | grep pam_userdb
> > > >
> > > > if you have virtual users set up.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > At the file transfer level you can monitor your xferlog file if
> > > > you've configured this logging mechanism.
> > > >
> > > > Also at the login level you can set up vsftpd to run under xinetd
> > > > and log user, host, etc by watching /var/log/secure
> > > >
> > > >   tail -f /var/log/secure | grep vsftpd
> > >
> > > I've been told that tail'ing logs is not pertinent on overloaded
> > > machines.. maybe smth like proftp's ftptop would help (show online users,
> > > current d/l and u/l, rates, etc.).
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
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