/var/log/vsftpd.log is growing

[nivedhitha]

Hello,

I am running a vsftp server on my Linux system. Everything is fine, except that I find it difficult to maintain the log file at /var/ftp/vsftpd.log, as it is constantly growing. My requirement is to find a way to rotate the logs at regular intervals and send a mail to the root user, so that I can keep things clean and smooth.

I thought logrotate is the solution. There is a file 'vsftpd.log' in /etc/logrotate.d directory. But the contents of this file says:
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/var/log/xferlog {
# ftpd doesn't handle SIGHUP properly
nocompress
missingok
}
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As this looks more of a script than anything else, what are the other options?

And my /etc/logrotate.conf file has just the default values. Nothing extra for this vsftpd connection.

Here I am copy pasting only those lines that are relevant to 'logging' information in /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf.

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xferlog_enable=YES
xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log
xferlog_std_format=YES
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Thanks,
Nivedhitha

[HROAdmin26]

You might want to correct your config so that logrotate can manage your vsftpd log.

For example, you pasted the following confusing info:

maintain the log file at /var/ftp/vsftpd.log

xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log

But the logrotate config seems to be set up for this log file:

/var/log/xferlog

[nivedhitha]

Hello,

Thanks for your quick reply. Yes, I see the confusion now

I also read the man pages of vsftpd.conf. Now I am going to edit the following three lines
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xferlog_enable=YES
xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log
xferlog_std_format=YES
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to the below three lines
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xferlog_enable=YES
#xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log
#xferlog_std_format=YES
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If I do this, am i letting /var/log/vsftpd.log to maintain my log information?

And if yes, how will logrotate and /var/log/vsftpd.log work together?

This is what I do not understand. Please clarify.

Thanks.