FTPLOGGING (FTP server) statement

Use the FTPLOGGING statement to indicate whether the FTP server should log FTP server activity. The following types of activities are logged:
  • Connectivity
  • Authentication
  • Access
  • Allocation
  • Deallocation
  • Data transfer
  • JES job submission
  • SQL query
  • Abnormal end
  • Confidence of success level assigned to each file transfer when CHKCONFIDENCE is coded

The activities are logged in the SYSLOGD file. Each logging entry has a message number.

FTPLOGGING controls logging for non-anonymous user.

Syntax

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   .-FTPLOGGING FALSE----------.   
>>-+---------------------------+-------------------------------><
   '-FTPLOGGING--+-TRUE------+-'   
                 +-TRUENODNS-+     
                 '-FALSE-----'     

Parameters

TRUE
The FTP server should log FTP session activity.

Tip: If TRUE is used, a long delay in login processing might occur because the FTP server issues a DNS query to resolve the remote host IP address.

TRUENODNS
The FTP server should log FTP session activity, however the client hostname lookup done during connection initiation is disabled. Message EZYFS50I contains UNKNOWN for the host name.
FALSE
The FTP server should not log FTP session activity.

Examples

To request that the FTP server log session activity:
FTPLOGGING TRUE

Usage notes

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