viewing uploads
 

i recently set up my home machine as a linux server so that i could download my homework at school rathere than having to send it to myself and then have to perform some illegal operations to download from my inbox. during this process i decided to put some rather large files (only about 4gig) on my site so that my friend could download it. i was wondering if there was a way for me to monitor who is downloading what and possibly, though not really important, how far in the download they are. thanks

well to stop people from downloading the files all you have todo is make sure that the server you have set up, is not an anon ftp server. that will stop people from downloading unless they know the login.

as for the monitor, yes i am sure you can but i dont know the way to do it, even tho i would like to. I will look in to it further and if i find any info i will post it back.

depends upon the server/config you have as to what your options are... try viewing your logfile(s) to see who's been accessing...

If you set up an ftp server then the file will probably be /var/log/vsftpd.log or /var/log/xferlog .
If you used apache to transfer your stuff then the log file will probably be /var/log/apache/access_log or /var/log/httpd/access_log. It all just depends on the settings of the particular services you are utilizing.

Wouldn't "Ethereal" do this?

Ethereal wouldn't really tell you what is being downloaded (well it might but it might be hard to figure out). It would have to run at all times and to view the info you'd have to stop it and parse through all sorts of information that it would spew out. The ftp and http log do tell most of what he asked for. They don't tell when a download/upload will be complete.

Even still, if you view the log files, then the dl/ul is already done (unless you catch it at the right moment). I see your point with Ethereal, though. I will tell you who was connected and when.