[ale] Create custom log

[Geoffrey]

The f-secure package doesn't provide similar logging?  (sorry if this 
has already been answered..)

sangell at nan.net wrote:
> 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                   _/
> \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
> 
> 
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>                     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                                                                                       
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> 
> 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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> Until later: Geoffrey                     esoteric at 3times25.net
> 
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> are not made adequately clear in the technical documentation available."
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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

"...the system (Microsoft passport) carries significant risks to users that
are not made adequately clear in the technical documentation available."
- David P. Kormann and Aviel D. Rubin, AT&T Labs - Research
- http://www.avirubin.com/passport.html


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