track FTP logins

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ramsei
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track FTP logins

Post by ramsei »

cpanel tracks the ip of the last login but it won't log an FTP login using a FTP program, right? Therefore, how could I track who has been logging into my web site? I have shared hosting.

How could I achieve this ? Maybe programming something using cron? Any ideas?
alex.barylski
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Re: track FTP logins

Post by alex.barylski »

Ask the hos provider for logs? Can you configure anything like custom log locations in CPanel?

The best solution would be to use a web based file manager and intercept events that way.
josh
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Re: track FTP logins

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Sweet idea. I googled and found http://nanoftpd.sourceforge.net/
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Chris Corbyn
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Re: track FTP logins

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The FTP daemon should be writing a log entry whenever someone logs in. I'd be surprised if cPanel isn't reading that log file.
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