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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 number of users
       connected to his FTP servers.  See
       http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/
       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 <agulbra@troll.no> and copyright  1995-2002
       Troll  Tech AS, Waldemar Thranes gate 98B, N-0175 Oslo, Norway, fax +47
       22806380.

       Pure-FTPd (C)opyleft 2001-2010 by Frank DENIS <j at pureftpd  dot  org>
       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-statsdecode(8) pure-pw(8) pure-quotacheck(8) pure-
       authd(8)

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