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To turn on verbose logging (e.g. to debug FTP connection or authentication problems) in  pure-ftpd FTP server on Debian and Ubuntu Linux, execute the following command as root user in the shell:

echo ‘yes’ > /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/VerboseLog

and then restart pure-ftpd

/etc/init.d/pure-ftpd-mysql restart

The debug output will be logged to syslog. To view the log content, execute:

tail -n 100 /var/log/syslog

To disable verbose logging, execute these commands:

rm -f /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/VerboseLog
/etc/init.d/pure-ftpd-mysql restart

1. Bob says:

   January 25, 2011 at 9:52 pm

   Ta, just what I needed to know .. niow just got to work out what

   pure-ftpd: (?@?) [ERROR] Sorry, invalid address given

   means

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   • Till says:

     January 25, 2011 at 10:05 pm

     Disable hostname lookups in pure-ftpd:

     http://www.faqforge.com/linux/controlpanels/ispconfig3/how-to-speed-up-logins-in-pure-ftpd-on-debian-or-ubuntu-linux-by-disable-name-rsolving/

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2. Paranormal says:

   March 15, 2011 at 10:50 pm

   Hello
   thanks for this guide
   but how can i change the log file
   i want puer-ftpd to verbose logging in separate file

   regards

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   • Till says:

     March 16, 2011 at 1:51 pm

     From pure-ftpd documnentation:

     Log messages are sent to the syslog daemon. You can disable logging with
     ‘-f none’.
     If you want all FTP messages to be redirected to a file, say /var/log/ftp,
     add this line to your /etc/syslog.conf file:

     ftp.* /var/log/ftp

     Then restart your syslogd daemon:

     killall -HUP syslogd

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