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80 Chapter 8 Working With File Services
Viewing the FTP Transfer Log
You can use tail or any other file listing tool to view the contents of the FTP transfer
log.
To view the latest entries in the transfer log:
$ tail log-file
The default location of log-file is /Library/Logs/FTP.transger.log. You can use the
serveradmin getLogPaths command to see where the current transfer log is located.
To display the log path:
$ sudo serveradmin command ftp:command = getLogPaths
Checking for Connected FTP Users
To see how many FTP users are connected:
$ ftpcount
or
$ sudo serveradmin command ftp:command = getConnectedUsers
Windows (SMB) Service
Starting and Stopping SMB Service
To start SMB service:
$ sudo serveradmin start smb
To stop SMB service:
$ sudo serveradmin stop smb
Checking SMB Service Status
To see if SMB service is running:
$ sudo serveradmin status smb
To see complete SMB status:
$ sudo serveradmin fullstatus smb
getLogPaths Show location of the FTP transfer log file. See “Viewing the FTP
Transfer Log” on this page.
writeSettings Equivalent to the standard serveradmin settings command,
but also returns a setting indicating whether the service needs to
be restarted. See “Determining Whether a Service Needs to be
Restarted” on page 19.
ftp:command= Description
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