Is there a log to check what files users are currently downloading?

xferlog shows me completed downloads and messages shows me users currently connected (or is there a better way to see users connected?) but how can I tell what files users are downloading?

Also I tried symbolic linking to folders but windows ftp clients appear to show the link as a file and not a folder - how do I correct this?

One last query - I have a shell script set up to mount windows shares using smbfs which works fine however it asks for my password for each shared folder - is there a way of automating this process?


Thanks in advance,

Joe

lsof |grep proftpd|less or lsof |grep <ftpusersname>|less

one of those entires will show what file they are getting in real time.

ps -ef |grep proftpd| less will show people loged in.

One last query - I have a shell script set up to mount windows shares using smbfs which works fine however it asks for my password for each shared folder - is there a way of automating this process?

mount -t smbfs -o username=<blah>,password=<blah> //netbiosname/sharename /mountpoint

wicked - thx a lot

Instead of scanning which files are open with the lsof you could also use the utility that comes along with proftpd. It's called ftpwho. It will show information about each connected user and the files they are downloading. It will even show the percentage completed which the lsof command won't.