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Nantuc
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Jan 28, 2017

FTP Monitoring - ReadyNAS R6

I would like to see an App for ReadyNAS R6 for Monitoring Active FTP connections.  There is already a nice PHP utility out there to do this called PHPFTPWHO.  Since R6 comes with a PHP addon and if the logging is configured correctly under FTP settings, all the information needed to make a nice web interface for Active FTP connections is there.  As I am not a software developer it is beyond my skill, however I have seen that Poussin had already created an addon in the past for this but it has vanished with R6.  I would greatly appreciate it if one of you find coders could make this happen.  It should be a simple matter of parsing the proftpd.log file and exporting the data to a nice Web format.

 

I currently have an FTPS server configured and would very much like to see who is accessing it and how often, so a history funtion would also be nice.  Maybe something that recorded the logons providing date and time of the logons / logouts and perhaps a list of the files that were downloaded / uploaded.

 

============================================================================================================

                                                                      FTP WHO (Active Sessions)

 

User:                         Login Time:                      Status:               Directory / File:

============================================================================================================

John Doe                  29 Jan 2017:06:00am      Downloading      /data/Videos/Movies/Avatar (2009) [DE] Extended Edition.1080p.HDC.mkv

Jane Doe                  28 Jan 2017:08:23pm      Idle                     /data/Music/Classic Rock

John Smith                29 Jan 2017:02:36pm      Uploading          /data/Uploads/AC/DC - Thunderstruck.mp3

 

or something similar for Active Connections.  All of this information is included in the /var/log/proftpd.log file.  I am not sure how the history feature could be configured, and a defineable refresh rate would also be nice so you can set how often the data is updated.

 

Anyway, this is my request.

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    • Nantuc's avatar
      Nantuc
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      I created my post in the forum you suggested.

       

      Thanks for the hint

      • StephenB's avatar
        StephenB
        Guru - Experienced User

        Nantuc wrote:

        I created my post in the forum you suggested.

         


        I upvoted it.  :smileyhappy:

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