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From: Steve Reid <steve@edmweb.com>
To: Robert Chalmers <robert@nanguo.chalmers.com.au>
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Subject: Re: ftpd logging not working?
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> Does anyone know how to get ftpd to log to the syslog directory?
> I have ftpd -dl -S, and created the file /var/log/ftpd,

I'm not running ftpd myself, but I think your answer probably lies in the 
man page of syslog.conf

At the end of your syslog.conf try putting the lines

!ftpd
*.*	/var/log/ftpd

That will log all syslog messages from the ftpd program into /var/log/ftpd

BTW, I think I remember reading something about security problems with
ftpd. I don't remember the details or the severity, or if it's been fixed,
but it might be a good idea to switch to wu-ftpd. Take a look in the ports
and/or packages collections. wu-ftpd has a lot more options than regular
ftpd.