File Transfer Options; Logging Options - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual

Chapter 23. FTP
The default value is NO.

23.5.6. File Transfer Options

The following lists directives which affect directories.
• download_enable — When enabled, file downloads are permitted.
The default value is YES.
• chown_uploads — When enabled, all files uploaded by anonymous users are owned by the user
specified in the chown_username directive.
The default value is NO.
• chown_username — Specifies the ownership of anonymously uploaded files if the
chown_uploads directive is enabled.
The default value is root.
• write_enable — When enabled, FTP commands which can change the file system are allowed,
such as DELE, RNFR, and STOR.
The default value is YES.

23.5.7. Logging Options

The following lists directives which affect vsftpd's logging behavior.
• dual_log_enable — When enabled in conjunction with xferlog_enable, vsftpd writes
two files simultaneously: a wu-ftpd-compatible log to the file specified in the xferlog_file
directive (/var/log/xferlog by default) and a standard vsftpd log file specified in the
vsftpd_log_file directive (/var/log/vsftpd.log by default).
The default value is NO.
• log_ftp_protocol — When enabled in conjunction with xferlog_enable and with
xferlog_std_format set to NO, all FTP commands and responses are logged. This directive is
useful for debugging.
The default value is NO.
• syslog_enable — When enabled in conjunction with xferlog_enable, all logging normally
written to the standard vsftpd log file specified in the vsftpd_log_file directive (/var/log/
vsftpd.log by default) is sent to the system logger instead under the FTPD facility.
The default value is NO.
• vsftpd_log_file — Specifies the vsftpd log file. For this file to be used,
xferlog_enable must be enabled and xferlog_std_format must either be set to NO or, if
xferlog_std_format is set to YES, dual_log_enable must be enabled. It is important to note
that if syslog_enable is set to YES, the system log is used instead of the file specified in this
directive.
The default value is /var/log/vsftpd.log.
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