Raw FTP log

[puffin]

I recently attempted to check a client's raw FTP log from several days ago, only to discover the log was empty.

Upon investigating, I realized Tweak Settings>Stats and Logs>'Delete each domain's access logs after stats run' had been enabled. My stats run each day, thus I concluded that my client logs were being deleted each day.

I unchecked this box and after one day all client logs for the past day are now available.

My question: If I leave this option unchecked, will my logs continue to grow indefinitely?

While my daily FTP logs are rather small, my daily raw access logs are quite large and will soon take up too much disk space.

Is there a better solution for retaining only my FTP logs and not my raw access logs?

 

[cPanelDavidG]

I recently attempted to check a client's raw FTP log from several days ago, only to discover the log was empty.

Upon investigating, I realized Tweak Settings>Stats and Logs>'Delete each domain's access logs after stats run' had been enabled. My stats run each day, thus I concluded that my client logs were being deleted each day.

I unchecked this box and after one day all client logs for the past day are now available.

My question: If I leave this option unchecked, will my logs continue to grow indefinitely?

While my daily FTP logs are rather small, my daily raw access logs are quite large and will soon take up too much disk space.

Is there a better solution for retaining only my FTP logs and not my raw access logs?

In this scenario, the logs will still be rotated on a monthly basis. If this is insufficient for your needs, please let me know.

 

[puffin]

Thanks, David, but I now see there's a better solution than using disk space to view FTP logs: search the message logs via shell access for a particular account's activity.

grep [account_name] /var/log/messages | more

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears the most recent log messages are found in /var/log/messages, then archived chronologically (messages.1, messages.2, messages.3, messages.4).

Four weeks worth of logs is more than enough.

 

[cPanelDavidG]

Thanks, David, but I now see there's a better solution than using disk space to view FTP logs: search the message logs via shell access for a particular account's activity.

grep [account_name] /var/log/messages | more

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears the most recent log messages are found in /var/log/messages, then archived chronologically (messages.1, messages.2, messages.3, messages.4).

Four weeks worth of logs is more than enough.

Correct, chronologically with .1 being the most recent archive.