vsftpd

Might there be a way to get vsftpd to log "Permission denied" attempts as
well as "Login incorrect" attempts?

Permission denied = username is not allowed to log in
Login incorrect = good username, bad password

-g

On Sat, 23 Aug 2003, Garrison wrote:

> Might there be a way to get vsftpd to log "Permission denied" attempts as
> well as "Login incorrect" attempts?
>
> Permission denied = username is not allowed to log in
> Login incorrect = good username, bad password
>
> -g

Look for "authentication failure" and "user unknown" in your logfile


>

On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 04:16:57 +0000, Whoever wrote:

>> Might there be a way to get vsftpd to log "Permission denied" attempts as
>> well as "Login incorrect" attempts?
>>
>> Permission denied = username is not allowed to log in
>> Login incorrect = good username, bad password
>
> Look for "authentication failure" and "user unknown" in your logfile

There are no such entries for vsftpd, "Login incorrect" messages to the
client yield "[user] FAIL LOGIN" messages in vsftpd.log

If it was logging, I'd see it.

On Sun, 24 Aug 2003, Garrison wrote:

> On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 04:16:57 +0000, Whoever wrote:
>
> >> Might there be a way to get vsftpd to log "Permission denied" attempts as
> >> well as "Login incorrect" attempts?
> >>
> >> Permission denied = username is not allowed to log in
> >> Login incorrect = good username, bad password
> >
> > Look for "authentication failure" and "user unknown" in your logfile
>
> There are no such entries for vsftpd, "Login incorrect" messages to the
> client yield "[user] FAIL LOGIN" messages in vsftpd.log
>
> If it was logging, I'd see it.

I am using vsftpd on a gentoo system and I see the above messages (both)
if an attempt is made to login with a non-existent username.

Did you build vsftp with support for PAM? What logging do you have enabled
in your vsftp.conf file?

>

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 04:02:01 +0000, Whoever wrote:

> I am using vsftpd on a gentoo system and I see the above messages (both)
> if an attempt is made to login with a non-existent username.
>
> Did you build vsftp with support for PAM? What logging do you have enabled
> in your vsftp.conf file?

I see them now as well, but only by enabling log_ftp_protocol, which
causes every message btw client/server to be logged. The man page doesn't
seem to suggest that there is a level between the sparse logging I had and
the debug logging I have.