Windows Tips - Checking FTP Server Log File

If you look the settings, you will find out that the log file is located in C:\WINDOWS\System32\LogFiles\MSFTPSVC1 directory. Open the last log file, exnnnnnn.log, you should see something like:

#Software: Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.1
#Version: 1.0
#Date: 03:55:34
#Fields: time c-ip cs-method cs-uri-stem sc-status
03:55:34 127.0.0.1 [1]USER anonymous 331
03:55:42 127.0.0.1 [1]PASS gg 230
03:55:49 127.0.0.1 [1]QUIT - 226
04:07:57 127.0.0.1 [2]sent /ftp.html 226
04:07:57 127.0.0.1 [2]sent /index.html 226
04:07:58 127.0.0.1 [2]sent /reference.html 226
03:55:49 127.0.0.1 [1]QUIT - 226


Interestingly, it did not record the "dir" command.