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> I'm in need of a script that calculates user bandwith and stores it in
> an rrdrtool database / mysql database / file for ease of use. The
> bandwith used by the users should preferably be as specific as possible,
> while processing the logs. Is there such a thing already and am I just
> looking in the wrong direction? If so please do point me to the right
> direction ;)

ftpwho, with the -v (verbose) option, displays transfer rates.

Cheers,
TJ

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On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 11:45:26AM +0800, TJ Saunders wrote:
> 
> > I'm in need of a script that calculates user bandwith and stores it in
> > an rrdrtool database / mysql database / file for ease of use. The
> > bandwith used by the users should preferably be as specific as possible,
> > while processing the logs. Is there such a thing already and am I just
> > looking in the wrong direction? If so please do point me to the right
> > direction ;)
> 
> ftpwho, with the -v (verbose) option, displays transfer rates.

Or just running a fairly basic script against proftpd's log; it depends
on the kind of granularity you're looking for. Processing the logs is
fine for per-day, and (arguably) acceptable for per-hour. Anything more
granular than that, and ftpwho would be the way to go, with the caveat
that it can't help you if sendfile is enabled. I think I have that
right. I'm sure folks will leap to correct if I'm not. =)

--noah

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Yes, daily processing of the transfer logs would be more than sufficient
for my needs. The problem is that I'm not familiar with linux scripting,
so that sure is a problem for me.

Perhaps anybody knows of a script out there that can process the
transfer log and put it in a database?

Regards

Robert

-----Original Message-----
From: Noah [mailto:sitz@...] 
Sent: dinsdag 30 november 2004 19:32
To: proftp-user@...
Subject: Re: [Proftpd-user] bandwith calculation

On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 11:45:26AM +0800, TJ Saunders wrote:
> 
> > I'm in need of a script that calculates user bandwith and stores it
in
> > an rrdrtool database / mysql database / file for ease of use. The
> > bandwith used by the users should preferably be as specific as
possible,
> > while processing the logs. Is there such a thing already and am I
just
> > looking in the wrong direction? If so please do point me to the
right
> > direction ;)
> 
> ftpwho, with the -v (verbose) option, displays transfer rates.

Or just running a fairly basic script against proftpd's log; it depends
on the kind of granularity you're looking for. Processing the logs is
fine for per-day, and (arguably) acceptable for per-hour. Anything more
granular than that, and ftpwho would be the way to go, with the caveat
that it can't help you if sendfile is enabled. I think I have that
right. I'm sure folks will leap to correct if I'm not. =)

--noah

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<huey> dd of=/dev/fd0 if=/dev/flippy bs=1024
<huey> ^^^ Making Flippy Floppy



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> someone tried to do this.  I've looked in the proftpd code, and it
> appears to me that a message should be being logged with the LOG_NOTICE
> priority.

Why?

> Shouldn't proftpd log messages denying the ftp session to the system
> log?

It's a matter of preference.  If you used the SystemLog directive, rather
than logging via syslog and getting caught by its filtering of levels, the
message would be logged there (depending on your DebugLevel).

TJ

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> is something in the mod_ls module and how it works on Fedora not a Fedora

What does a strace of the dying process show?

TJ

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: proftp-user-admin@...
> [mailto:proftp-user-admin@... Behalf Of TJ Saunders
> Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 10:58 PM
> To: proftp-user@...
> Subject: RE: [Proftpd-user] Problem with mod_ls while chrooted
>
>
> > is something in the mod_ls module and how it works on Fedora
> not a Fedora
>
> What does a strace of the dying process show?
>
> TJ
>

Attached is an strace of that process, as well as proftpd logging at debug
level 5. You will see the segfault happens at the point that the command is
handed off to mod_ls.

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> Attached is an strace of that process, as well as proftpd logging at debug
> level 5. You will see the segfault happens at the point that the command is
> handed off to mod_ls.

To be accurate, the segfault occurs some time after proftpd prints that
debug line about dispatching to mod_ls.

Would it be possible to get a backtrace, as described here:

  http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/doc/devel-guide/devel/debugging.html

Also, just an FYI, this issue is currently being tracked in Bugzilla:

  http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2524

Cheers,
TJ

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: proftp-user-admin@...
> [mailto:proftp-user-admin@... Behalf Of TJ Saunders
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 3:35 AM
> To: proftp-user@...
> Subject: RE: [Proftpd-user] Problem with mod_ls while chrooted
>
>
>
> > Attached is an strace of that process, as well as proftpd
> logging at debug
> > level 5. You will see the segfault happens at the point that
> the command is
> > handed off to mod_ls.
>
> To be accurate, the segfault occurs some time after proftpd prints that
> debug line about dispatching to mod_ls.
>
> Would it be possible to get a backtrace, as described here:
>
>   http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/doc/devel-guide/devel/debugging.html
>
> Also, just an FYI, this issue is currently being tracked in Bugzilla:
>
>   http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2524
>

I had followed the old ref# referenced in the above bug and installed the
latest (development even) glibc and that did not help.

I just recompiled per the above instructions and ran the backtrace. The
relevant parts are:

ccfsrv01 - ProFTPD 1.2.10 (stable) (built Mon Nov 29 21:43:52 EST 2004)
standalone mode STARTUP
ccfsrv01 (srv2[192.168.1.1]) - FTP session requested from unknown class
ccfsrv01 (srv2[192.168.1.1]) - FTP session opened.
ccfsrv01 (srv2[192.168.1.1]) - USER ccfweb: Login successful.
ccfsrv01 (srv2[192.168.1.1]) - Preparing to chroot() the environment, path =
'/var/www/html/ccfweb'
ccfsrv01 (srv2[192.168.1.1]) - Environment successfully chroot()ed.
ccfsrv01 (srv2[192.168.1.1]) - mod_cap/1.0: capabilities '=
cap_net_bind_service+ep'
ccfsrv01 (srv2[192.168.1.1]) - Entering Passive Mode
(207,185,176,243,134,237).

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00639b0c in open_path () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
(gdb) backtrace
#0  0x00639b0c in open_path () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
#1  0x0063a2b5 in _dl_map_object () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
#2  0x00742e66 in dl_open_worker () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
#3  0x00000000 in ?? ()
(gdb)

I am running this via an IpSec tunnel BTW. Just to be sure, I ran yum again
this evening and found and installed updates for glibc (and other glibc
related packages) and updated everything related to glibc, rebuild (make
clean, etc) proftpd and got the same results as above.

Rick




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> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> 0x00639b0c in open_path () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
> (gdb) backtrace
> #0  0x00639b0c in open_path () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
> #1  0x0063a2b5 in _dl_map_object () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
> #2  0x00742e66 in dl_open_worker () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
> #3  0x00000000 in ?? ()
> (gdb)
>
> I am running this via an IpSec tunnel BTW. Just to be sure, I ran yum again
> this evening and found and installed updates for glibc (and other glibc
> related packages) and updated everything related to glibc, rebuild (make
> clean, etc) proftpd and got the same results as above.

OK.  Thanks!  Unfortunately, this looks a lot like the backtrace that
occurs when using FC2 (see http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2452).
I don't use FC myself, so I'm unable to see if there are any glibc
versions that fix this.  From the function call stack, it looks like glibc
wants to open a file on the filesystem (NSS-related, I assume) that isn't
there when the environment is chrooted, and the library handles the absent
file quite badly.  This is not something that proftpd can control.  I
suspect other applications work because they call getpwnam(3) and friends
before the chroot, and simply keep the file open; proftpd does not.  That
it works on other platforms, and on other versions of RH (not FC), means
that this is not really a proftpd bug.

I tried looking in RH's Bugzilla for any related bugs, but didn't find
any.  You may want to open a bug report there, and see what that RH/FC
people say of the backtrace...

TJ

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i thought about this, but for the moment i can't even make it work with a 
single conf on a non standard port...

when this is solved i will easily be able to bind inetd to multiple 
instances of proftpd

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Galen Johnson" <Galen.Johnson@...>
To: <proftp-user@...>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 10:55 PM
Subject: RE: [Proftpd-user] How to run proftpd on non standard ports.


The easiest way to do this currently is to set up multiple proftpd.conf 
files and start up proftp using the respective conf...otherwise I don't 
believe there to be a way to do this.

=G=

-----Original Message-----
From: proftp-user-admin@... 
[mailto:proftp-user-admin@...] On Behalf Of gregory 
duchesnes
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 8:29 AM
To: proftp-user@...
Subject: [Proftpd-user] How to run proftpd on non standard ports.

Hi all,

I have several domain names on which i'd like to set up an FTP account.

I already set up a working proftpd + mysql server working on port 21.
I wanted to use apache like Vhosts, the problem is that ftp protocol only
work with IP adresses, and as all my domains point to the same IP, i can't
do virtualhosting.

Therefore i decided to run Proftpd on multiple ports (on per Vhost), and
that's where problems began.
I've tried to run my working config on port 4900 and it fails with the
following error :
Refused PORT 192,168,2,4,13,46 (address mismatch).

I've tried to set "AllowForeignAddress on"and it works a little further but
hangs at the LIST command (command dies after a while)


Has anyone already solved this problem?
Additionnally, anyone knows how to set up a dummy interface to do domain
based Vhosts?



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Try to get it working standalone first just to prove to yourself that it =
can be done...setting it up in inetd/xinetd can be painful but once you =
do it once it's gravy from there...

=3DG=3D=20

-----Original Message-----
From: proftp-user-admin@... =
[mailto:proftp-user-admin@...] On Behalf Of gregory =
duchesnes
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 5:33 PM
To: proftp-user@...
Subject: Re: [Proftpd-user] How to run proftpd on non standard ports.

i thought about this, but for the moment i can't even make it work with =
a=20
single conf on a non standard port...

when this is solved i will easily be able to bind inetd to multiple=20
instances of proftpd

----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Galen Johnson" <Galen.Johnson@...>
To: <proftp-user@...>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 10:55 PM
Subject: RE: [Proftpd-user] How to run proftpd on non standard ports.


The easiest way to do this currently is to set up multiple proftpd.conf=20
files and start up proftp using the respective conf...otherwise I don't=20
believe there to be a way to do this.

=3DG=3D

-----Original Message-----
From: proftp-user-admin@...
[mailto:proftp-user-admin@...] On Behalf Of gregory=20
duchesnes
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 8:29 AM
To: proftp-user@...
Subject: [Proftpd-user] How to run proftpd on non standard ports.

Hi all,

I have several domain names on which i'd like to set up an FTP account.

I already set up a working proftpd + mysql server working on port 21.
I wanted to use apache like Vhosts, the problem is that ftp protocol =
only
work with IP adresses, and as all my domains point to the same IP, i =
can't
do virtualhosting.

Therefore i decided to run Proftpd on multiple ports (on per Vhost), and
that's where problems began.
I've tried to run my working config on port 4900 and it fails with the
following error :
Refused PORT 192,168,2,4,13,46 (address mismatch).

I've tried to set "AllowForeignAddress on"and it works a little further =
but
hangs at the LIST command (command dies after a while)


Has anyone already solved this problem?
Additionnally, anyone knows how to set up a dummy interface to do domain
based Vhosts?



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i DO try to make it work standalone first.
i said : "when this is solved i will easily be able to bind inetd to
multiple
instances of proftpd"

-----Message d'origine-----
De : proftp-user-admin@...
[mailto:proftp-user-admin@... la part de Galen
Johnson
Envoye : lundi 29 novembre 2004 23:38
A : proftp-user@...
Objet : RE: [Proftpd-user] How to run proftpd on non standard ports.


Try to get it working standalone first just to prove to yourself that it can
be done...setting it up in inetd/xinetd can be painful but once you do it
once it's gravy from there...

=G=

-----Original Message-----
From: proftp-user-admin@...
[mailto:proftp-user-admin@...] On Behalf Of gregory
duchesnes
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 5:33 PM
To: proftp-user@...
Subject: Re: [Proftpd-user] How to run proftpd on non standard ports.

i thought about this, but for the moment i can't even make it work with a
single conf on a non standard port...

when this is solved i will easily be able to bind inetd to multiple
instances of proftpd

----- Original Message -----
From: "Galen Johnson" <Galen.Johnson@...>
To: <proftp-user@...>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 10:55 PM
Subject: RE: [Proftpd-user] How to run proftpd on non standard ports.


The easiest way to do this currently is to set up multiple proftpd.conf
files and start up proftp using the respective conf...otherwise I don't
believe there to be a way to do this.

=G=

-----Original Message-----
From: proftp-user-admin@...
[mailto:proftp-user-admin@...] On Behalf Of gregory
duchesnes
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 8:29 AM
To: proftp-user@...
Subject: [Proftpd-user] How to run proftpd on non standard ports.

Hi all,

I have several domain names on which i'd like to set up an FTP account.

I already set up a working proftpd + mysql server working on port 21.
I wanted to use apache like Vhosts, the problem is that ftp protocol only
work with IP adresses, and as all my domains point to the same IP, i can't
do virtualhosting.

Therefore i decided to run Proftpd on multiple ports (on per Vhost), and
that's where problems began.
I've tried to run my working config on port 4900 and it fails with the
following error :
Refused PORT 192,168,2,4,13,46 (address mismatch).

I've tried to set "AllowForeignAddress on"and it works a little further but
hangs at the LIST command (command dies after a while)


Has anyone already solved this problem?
Additionnally, anyone knows how to set up a dummy interface to do domain
based Vhosts?



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were are the ports for movies

>From: "gregory duchesnes" <gregory@...>
>Reply-To: proftp-user@...
>To: <proftp-user@...>
>Subject: [Proftpd-user] How to run proftpd on non standard ports.
>Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:29:21 +0100
>
>Hi all,
>
>I have several domain names on which i'd like to set up an FTP account.
>
>I already set up a working proftpd + mysql server working on port 21.
>I wanted to use apache like Vhosts, the problem is that ftp protocol only
>work with IP adresses, and as all my domains point to the same IP, i can't
>do virtualhosting.
>
>Therefore i decided to run Proftpd on multiple ports (on per Vhost), and
>that's where problems began.
>I've tried to run my working config on port 4900 and it fails with the
>following error :
>Refused PORT 192,168,2,4,13,46 (address mismatch).
>
>I've tried to set "AllowForeignAddress on"and it works a little further but
>hangs at the LIST command (command dies after a while)
>
>
>Has anyone already solved this problem?
>Additionnally, anyone knows how to set up a dummy interface to do domain
>based Vhosts?
>
>
>
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> I've tried to set "AllowForeignAddress on"and it works a little further but
> hangs at the LIST command (command dies after a while)

This sounds like a firewall/NAT issue, involving passive versus active
data transfers:

  http://slacksite.com/other/ftp.html

TJ

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i've tried passive mode without much success.

 i'll read you link

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "TJ Saunders" <tj@...>
To: <proftp-user@...>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Proftpd-user] How to run proftpd on non standard ports.


>
>> I've tried to set "AllowForeignAddress on"and it works a little further 
>> but
>> hangs at the LIST command (command dies after a while)
>
> This sounds like a firewall/NAT issue, involving passive versus active
> data transfers:
>
>  http://slacksite.com/other/ftp.html
>
> TJ
>
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> is
>   as painful as the other.
>
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> In the above directives, what is the format/content of ftpquota.limittab
> and ftpquota.talllytab files. Please pass the sample format of these
> files.

The format of the tables depends on the backend mod_quotatab module used.
If you use mod_quotatab_file, the ftpquota script is used to construct
those files:

  http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/modules/ftpquota.html

If you're using mod_quotatab_sql, the schema is described in the
mod_quotatab_sql documentation:

  http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/modules/mod_quotatab_sql.html

Similarly if you're using LDAP directories:

  http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/modules/mod_quotatab_ldap.html

TJ

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