SFTP logging: is there a way?

Posted by Darryl Hein on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Darryl Hein
Published on 2009-10-11T01:42:12Z Indexed on 2012/11/07 23:03 UTC
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I'm wondering if there is a way to log commands received by the server. It can be all SSH commands, as long as it includes information on commands related to file transfer.

I'm having issues with an SFTP client and the creator is asking for logs, but I am unable to find any existing logs.

I'm looking to log on both or either CentOS or OS X (although I suspect if it's possible, it'd be similar on both).

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