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**penguin.ch** · Aug 11, 2007, 01:58 AM

Re: anacron and ftpstats - path problem

First of all: make sure anacron is installed (which by Kubuntu default is not the case).

With that "said", I'd check the location and permissions of ftpstats, e.g. by means of:

Code:

which ftpstats
ls -l [path]/ftpstats

Further reading (if applicable): http://www.penguin.ch/dokuwiki/doku.php/debian:basics

**Scorpaen** · Aug 11, 2007, 07:42 AM

Re: anacron and ftpstats - path problem

hey thanks for the reply.

ftpstats is located in /usr/sbin.
anacron is installed and enabled in system services.
i used kcron to add /usr/sbin to the path and now it runs
but it does not write to the logfile.
i just get mail in my mailbox now showing the stats.
any ideas?

**penguin.ch** · Aug 11, 2007, 08:06 AM

Re: anacron and ftpstats - path problem

Originally posted by Scorpaen

but it does not write to the logfile

Why should it?

In other words: how - exactly - are you trying to invoke ftpstats ...?

**Scorpaen** · Aug 11, 2007, 08:42 PM

Re: anacron and ftpstats - path problem

i just have anacron running:
ftpstats
I can't for the life of me figure out how to get it to write to a log file.
it did it ONE time, wrote to an html file from gproftpd
but I can't figure out how.
here's the man page...

FTPSTATS(8) FTPSTATS(8)

NAME
ftpstats - FTP Log summarizer

SYNOPSIS
ftpstats [options]

DESCRIPTION
Ftpstats dissects the defined ftp log and reports various statistics as requested. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the
original program does not have a manual page.

OPTIONS
-f filename
Use filename rather than the default /var/log/xferlog

-r Include real users.

-a Include anonymous users.

-h Include report on hourly traffic.

-d Include report on domain traffic.

-t Report on total traffic by section.

-i Report on incoming traffic only (uploads).

-o Report on outgoing traffic only (downloads).

-Ddomain
Report only on traffic from domain encountered under test and not recognized under com, -D com will give you only stats about com excluding test.com! Use -A
com for correct results.

-Aaddress
Report only on traffic from addresses whose end matches address

-ldepth
Depth of path detail for sections

-ssection
Section to report on. e.g. -s /pub will report only on paths under /pub

BUGS
No known bugs at this time. If you discover any bugs, please report at http://bugs.proftpd.org/ For help/support, try the ProFTPD mailing lists, detailed on
http://www.proftpd.org/lists.html

SEE ALSO
proftpd(8),proftpd.conf(5),xferlog(5)

AUTHORS
ProFTPD is written and maintained by a number of people, full credits can be found on http://www.proftpd.org/credits.html

CREDITS
This manual page was written by Francesco P. Lovergine <frankie@debian.org> and other Debian developers, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
Please use the most appropriate mailing list listed on http://www.proftpd.org/lists.html for ftpstats related comments.

Debian GNU/Linux October 30, 2002 FTPSTATS(8)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

update:

I found the config line in GPROFTPD where it gens stats
I uncommented it

#gp_random_username_length 6
#gp_random_password_length 6
#gp_randomize_case lower
#gp_useradd_homedir_path /var/ftp
gp_html_path /var/www/ftp.htm
#gp_welcome_name welcome.msg

but when i start it up i get this error

- Fatal: unknown configuration directive 'gp_html_path' on line 38 of '/etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf'

**Snowhog** · Aug 11, 2007, 08:49 PM

Re: anacron and ftpstats - path problem

Well, based on the man page info, without using the -f option to specify the file you want it to write to, the default log file is /var/log/xferlog. You say that you only have it running as ftpstats (no options). So have you checked /var/log/xferlog to see if it contains data?

**Scorpaen** · Aug 11, 2007, 09:04 PM

Re: anacron and ftpstats - path problem

something is wrong with my cron entry then...
i've specified -f and the /var/www/ftp.htm
but it doesn't write to it.
any tips for me?
i used kcron

**Snowhog** · Aug 11, 2007, 09:06 PM

Re: anacron and ftpstats - path problem

I'd be happy to look over what you have. Will you post the cron contents?

**Scorpaen** · Aug 11, 2007, 09:08 PM

Re: anacron and ftpstats - path problem

ftpstats -r -a -h -d -t -i -o -f /var/www/ftp.htm

that's the 'program' entry in kcron
i added a path variable, /usr/sbin
because that's where 'ftpstats' binary lives.
THANKS!

**Snowhog** · Aug 11, 2007, 09:18 PM

Re: anacron and ftpstats - path problem

Okay. The first thing I would do is to test that the kcron setup works with ftpstats default settings. In this I mean, remove the -f /var/www/ftp.htm and execute the kcron. Check the default /var/log/xferlog for entries. If that is all good, then I would check on the ownership of the /var/www/ftp.htm file you created. You did create that file, yes?

**Scorpaen** · Aug 11, 2007, 09:22 PM

Re: anacron and ftpstats - path problem

root@patrick-desktop:/var/www# ls -l ftp.htm
-rw-r--r-- 1 proftpd ftp 1255 2007-08-01 23:42 ftp.htm

nope. xferlog is not being written to by ftpstats when i just run 'ftpstats' in kcron

**Snowhog** · Aug 11, 2007, 09:32 PM

Re: anacron and ftpstats - path problem

Okay. Re-read the man page for ftpstats. This program doesn't write to anything - it "dissects the defined ftp log and reports various statistics as requested." That means (to me) that the default file /var/log/xferlog (or another designated file) gets written to 'by another process.' So, what FTP client/server/application are you using, and do you have it setup to log it's activities, and to what log file?

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