Tracking FTP connections in IIS

I have IIS running and have an FTP dir people can download from. Is there a way to monitor which IP is downloading a given file at a given time?

I can do this on my 3rd party FTP server software but not sure if it's possible with IIS anonymous ftp?

thx,

 

The standard log files gives you quite a lot of information of what users have done. The format is <time> <IP Address> <Action>. You can switch it on by:

1. going into the IIS manager
2. right clicking on the Default FTP Site
3. selecting properties
4. and putting a tick in the "Enable Logging" box.

The log files by default go into the LogFiles folder in either WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 or WINNT\SYSTEM32.

If your log files are big you can use a search text application like InfoRapid Search & Replace to target your searches across multiple log files.

However, I would also add that I think the FTP side of IIS is not one of its strengths. If you have another FTP server package, why don't you use that? Especially if it already does what you want.

 

Thanks for the info, that is what I ended up doing. There is also an option to view current online sessions (a button) which shows who is connected at any given time.

I do have another FTP server but only run it when appropriate to avoid more resource drains. Since I have installed IIS for other purposes as well and it is always running, I use it now simply for anonymous ftps ad hoc and was just wondering how monitoring was done in it.

 

Well done!

I'd also suggest you run the IIS Lock down tool, to help secure IIS.

Note if you run it, FTP is a seperate service, even if you run it within IIS. IIS not running FTP, uses less resources than IIS running FTP.

However, if you are happy with what you have, stick with IIS FTP. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.