Vsftpd incorrectly logs virtual users as guest users.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Vsftpd is incorrectly logging virtual guest FTP accounts as anonymous accounts in the xferlog file.
  • The vsftpd.log correctly logs the virtual account name but the xfer logs is not.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • vsftpd-2.0.5-16.el5_5.1

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