On 2008-11-28, LIVAI Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm using OpenBSD's ftpd(8), and specified the -l option on the command 
> line when starting it, which according to the man page, makes ftpd(8) 
> to log to syslog with facility LOG_FTP.
> Well, I've set up syslog.conf to capture that facility to a file:
> LOG_FTP.* /var/log/ftpd
>
> After a `pkill -HUP -x syslogd` unfortunately ftpd(8) won't log 
> anything. Even tried the "-ll" and "-d" options with ftpd(8), but no 
> luck. Grepping through ftpd's source, it seems that indeed it tries to 
> log with facility LOG_FTP.
> /var/log/wtmp gets updated regularly when a login succeeds.
>
> What could be the problem here?
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Daniel
>

the relevant entry would be "ftp.*". or if "ftp.info" works for 
you, then you don't even need to change syslog.conf.

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