Re: FTP logging issue

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, the request exit seems to be called AFTER the requested file name 
is resolved - it gives you the full path - if the file doesn't exist, 
the path is blank.

I think it'd be useful if the exit reported the actual incoming command 
string, especially for logging purposes. The most that can be logged 
now, easily, in this scenario is that a request came in from a certain 
IP address related to an object that doesn't exist. Maybe that's enough 
information, since it doesn't have much of a direct impact on anything.

Vern

On 10/22/2012 9:11 AM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Yes, logging is a reasonable activity.  However you can't log whether or
> not the ftp server told the client that the file existed or not.  You
> would have to manually check the existence before turning the ftp request
> over to the ftp server.  What I am saying is that logging would NOT be
> affected by the lack of the file.  UNLESS your code said:  If I don't want
> them to get this file (based on any rule I come up with) then I won't
> write this log entry out.
>
>
> Rob Berendt