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Monitoring the FTP Server

Use the dir command to monitor files on the FTP server. Use the show ftp-server and show users commands to monitor settings of the FTP server.

show ftp-server

Use to display information about the FTP server.
Field descriptions
- FTP Server state—Status of the FTP server: enabled or disabled
- Open connections—Number of open connections to the FTP server
- Statistics since server was last started—Data about the connection attempts since you enabled the FTP server
- Statistics since last system reload—Data about the connection attempts since you last booted the system
  - attempts—Number of attempts to connect
  - failed hosts—Number of connection attempts that failed because of disallowed host addresses
  - failed users—Number of connection attempts that failed because users were not authenticated

Example

host1#show ftp-server
FTP Server state: enabled, 0 open connections
Statistics since server was last started:
        attempts: 32
        failed hosts: 5
        failed users: 7
Statistics since last system reload:
        attempts: 35
        failed hosts: 5
        failed users: 8

See show ftp-server.

show users

Use to display information about users of the vty lines.
Specify the all keyword to view information for all configured lines (both connected and not connected).
Specify the detail keyword to view detailed information.
Field descriptions
- line number—Number of the line to which the user is connected
- line name—Name of the line, the service the line offers, and the relative line number
- user—Name of the user
- connected from—Location or IP address of the user
- connected since—Date and time that the user connected to the line
- idle time—Amount of time it has been since an entry was made from this line (detail only)
- virtual router—Virtual router used by this line user (detail only)
- privilege level—Privilege level of this line user (detail only)
- current command—Command currently being executed by the user over this line (detail only)

Example 1

host1#show users
 line                             connected
number     line name      user       from      connected since
------   --------------   -----   ----------   ----------------
0*       console 0                console      02/12/2001 19:57
4        vty 3 (ftp)      fred    10.10.0.64   02/12/2001 20:04
5        vty 4 (telnet)           10.10.0.64   02/12/2001 20:04

Note: '*' indicates current user.

Example 2

host1#show users detail
 line                             connected                          idle
number     line name      user       from       connected since      time
------   --------------   ----   ------------   ----------------   --------
0        console 0               console        08/14/2003 08:01   00:23:50
1*       vty 0 (telnet)          10.10.120.90   08/15/2003 10:37
 line    virtual   privilege
number   router      level      current command
------   -------   ---------   -----------------
0        default   10
1*       default   10          show users detail
Note: '*' indicates current user.

See show users.

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