FTP that can track and individual file download?

[Mr.Guvernment 0]

Hey all,

 

 

here is the dilly YO!

 

i need an ftp server (unless G6 /bulletproof can do it alone or with a script)

 

I need an FTP server that can track 1 account that logs in, and mainly be able to track 1 specific file that it downloads.

 

 

For example

 

Account

 

JoeBlow

 

 

Logs in, he has access to 2 possible files to download

 

File A

 

or

 

File B

 

How or what can I use / do to have a tracking system that will tell me how many times File B was downloaded and if possible, what days / time it was.

 

All info or feedback is appreciated!

[jmmijo 1]

I thought that most, if not all, FTP server software can keep logs on user accounts. This should include specific file(s) being u/l and/or d/l and timestamps. Also how long the user was online and timestamps. Check the user accounts section of Bulletproof, it could be disabled for some reason and you're not tracking anybody at this point.

[Mr.Guvernment 0]

^^^

 

yeah g6 does log EVERYTHING

 

but what i want more or less is for it to log specifics as in

 

Account A downloaded file ABC x amount of times

 

 

thing is G6 and such logs evrything so

 

Account A downloaded files ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

 

 

see what i mean - what i need is for the ftp server to ONLY log if a certian file is downloaded..

[jmmijo 1]

So you need an FTP Server to log only when something specific triggers it, in this case if User a d/l file b for instance ?!?

 

I can't say I've come across one that would do this, sorry

[Mr.Guvernment 0]

Quote:

So you need an FTP Server to log only when something specific triggers it, in this case if User a d/l file b for instance ?!?

I can't say I've come across one that would do this, sorry

EXACTLY!

i am looking @ various scripts for G6 adn was told ProFTP may do htis, so got some testing to do.

[clutch 1]

Your best bet may be to have something that logs to a database, and then query that db. I have done this with IIS (which logs WWW, FTP, and SMTP) where I have it connect to my SQL server using ODBC and log everything that way. Then, I use an ASP app that I wrote to query it.

[Mr.Guvernment 0]

^^^

 

would it be possible to use MySQL database? as my friend knows PHP very well and could write something in a second.

[clutch 1]

If you configure the tables properly and it can support a System DSN to it, then probably. There is a .sql file in the inetpub dir for IIS, and that's your SQL script to configure the db.