How to monitor FTP

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From the AS400 side, is there a way I can monitor a FTP job initiated from Unix to AS400 ? Option 3 on Netstat does not seem to help. Any pointers or suggestions?

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How to monitor FTP

Jenny - Standard programmer's answer - "It depends". Do you just want to know when the FTP process occurs? Or do you want to see a count of bytes transferred? Or do you want to do something else? JTTH, Steve

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How to monitor FTP

You can do this with an exit program. An exit program can log access, requests, failures and successes. It can also block access selcetively. There are some free examples of exit programs out on the web... The IBM TCP/IP configuration manual has an example at ( http://publib.boulder.ibm.com:80/cgi-bin/bookmgr/BOOKS/QB3ANL03/E.8.3?ACTION=MAT CHES&REQUEST=FTP+Exit+program&TYPE=FUZZY&searchTopic=TOPIC&searchText=TEXT&searc hIndex=INDEX&rank=RANK&ScrollTOP=FIRSTHIT#FIRSTHIT ) You can also download free auditing exit programs from our website at www.400security.com. The basic idea behind an exit program is that you can see every inbound request, who/where it is coming from, and what data it is after. If you're interested in monitoring the job, you can log that information and have a permanent record of what was done during the FTP session. jte