log user's password in proftpd

Question

how can I log user's password in proftpd? I forgot his password so for now I set up anonymous login for his account to accept any password. I want to find out his password and set it up with this correct password - but firstly I need to log it.

Many thanks.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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It seems ProFTPD is explicitly designed to not log the password:

Frequently Asked Questions

Question: How can I configure proftpd to log/show the password typed by the user?

Answer: You cannot. Period. The proftpd code goes out of its way to ensure that the password is never logged.

http://www.proftpd.org/docs/howto/Authentication.html

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

Community

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answered Jun 22 '14 at 22:12

mleu

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 18 '16 at 07:42

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If you need to find out the password of an active FTP account you can also use tcpdump

sudo tcpdump src x.x.x.x and dst y.y.y.y and port ftp -A

answered Mar 18 '16 at 07:42

Nils

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log user's password in proftpd

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