How to log what an FTP user does with Pure-FTPD and Apache?

Question

I have a VPS with Apache and Pure-FTPD and I'm wondering if it's possible to log every action that an FTP user does (such as viewing files and editing them)? If this is possible, please let me know how I can do this.

Answer 1

Enable

VerboseLog yes

in your pureftpd.conf. This logs all actions.

Alternatively you can use the -d or --verboselog commandline options at the startup of pureftpd.

Where these logs go depends on your distribution. This is often /var/log/messages or a separate pureftpd.log.