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XFERLOG(5)                                                                                        XFERLOG(5)



NAME
       xferlog - FTP server logfile

DESCRIPTION
       The  xferlog  file contains logging information from the FTP server daemon, xftpd(8).  This file usu-ally usually
       ally is found in /usr/adm, but can be located anywhere by using a option to  xftpd(8).   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 specialaction-flag
              action-flag    direction    access-mode    username    service-name    authentication-method
              authenticated-user-id   completion-status


       current-time        is the current local time in the form "DDD MMM dd hh:mm:ss YYYY".  Where  DDD  is
                           the  day  of  the  week,  MMM is the month, dd is the day of the month, hh is the
                           hour, mm is the minutes, ss is the seconds, and YYYY is the year.

       transfer-time       is the total time in seconds for the transfer.

       remote-host         is the remote host name.

       file-size           is the size of the transferred file in bytes.

       filename            is the name of the transferred file.

       transfer-type       is a single character indicating the type of transfer. Can be one of:
                                  a         for an ascii transfer
                                  b         for a binary transfer

       special-action-flag is one or more single character flags indicating any special action  taken.   Can
                           be one or more of:
                                  C         file was compressed
                                  U         file was uncompressed
                                  T         file was tar'ed
                                  _         no action was taken

       direction           is the direction of the transfer. Can be one of:
                                  o         outgoing
                                  i         incoming

       access-mode         is the method by which the user is logged in. Can be one of:
                                  a         (anonymous) is for an anonymous guest user.
                                  g         (guest) is for an passworded guest user (see the guestgroup com-mand command
                                            mand in ftpaccess(5) ).
                                  r         (real) is for a local authenticated user.

       username            is the local username, or if guest, the ID string given.

       service-name        is the name of the service being invoked, usually FTP.

       authentication-method
                           is the method of authentication used. Can be one of:
                                  0         none
                                  1         RFC931 Authentication

       authenticated-user-id
                           is the user id returned by the authentication method.  A * is used if an  authen-ticated authenticated
                           ticated user id is not available.

       completion-status   is a single character indicating the status of the transfer.  Can be one of:
                                  c         complete transfer
                                  i         incomplete transfer

FILES
       /usr/adm/xferlog
SEE ALSO
       xftpd(8), ftpaccess(5)



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