pure-mrtginfo(8)                            Pure-FTPd                            pure-mrtginfo(8)



NAME
       pure-mrtginfo - provide an MRTG-graphable user count for ftpd


SYNOPSIS
       pure-mrtginfo [server port]


DESCRIPTION
       Pure-Mrtginfo  counts  the number of clients currently connected to ftpd(8) and output the
       format in a format graphable by MRTG.


OPTIONS
       server port : defaults to 21.


FILES
       /proc/net/tcp
              is used to count the connectiont to port 21.

       /proc/sys/kernel/hostname
              is used to get the fully qualified hostname.

       /proc/uptime
              is used to get the uptime.


MRTG
       MRTG is a really nice package for graphing router traffic.   Mrtg  can  also  graph  other
       information  is  available  via  SNMP  or by running a program such as pure-mrtginfo.  The
       author of this program uses it to graph CPU load, /var usage etc., and naturally the  num-
       ber of users connected to his FTP servers.  See
       http://ee-staff.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/mrtg.html
       for more information about MRTG.


BUGS
       This program only works on GNU/Linux systems yet.


HOME PAGE
       http://www.pureftpd.org/


AUTHOR AND LICENSE
       Written  by  Arnt  Gulbrandsen  <>  and copyright 1995-2002 Troll Tech AS,
       Waldemar Thranes gate 98B, N-0175 Oslo, Norway, fax +47 22806380.

       Pure-FTPd (C)opyleft 2001-2006 by Frank DENIS <> and the Pure-FTPd team.

       Use, modification and distribution is allowed without limitation, warranty,  or  liability
       of any kind.


SEE ALSO
       ftp(1),  pure-ftpd(8)  pure-ftpwho(8)  pure-mrtginfo(8) pure-uploadscript(8) pure-statsde-
       code(8) pure-pw(8) pure-quotacheck(8) pure-authd(8)

       RFC 959, RFC 2228, RFC 2389 and RFC 2428.



Pure-FTPd Team                                1.0.0                              pure-mrtginfo(8)