Does anyone know why vsftpd would be logging to syslog even though logging is disabled in vsftpd?

[IMTheNachoMan]

First, I know we shouldn't use the built-in FTP server (vsftpd) because of security reasons but I actually added an enhancement that addresses those security risks. I'm waiting for them to merge my pull request (https://github.com/limetech/webgui/pull/958) into the codebase but until then I am using it.

 

I have all logging disabled in /etc/vsftpd but for some reason it is still logging to /var/log/syslog and I can't figure out why.

 

root@unraid:/etc# cat /etc/vsftpd.conf 
# vsftpd.conf for unRAID
# with suggestions from forum user 'nars'
#
connect_from_port_20=NO
write_enable=YES
local_root=/mnt
local_umask=0
#
# No anonymous logins
anonymous_enable=NO
#
# Allow only local vsftpd.user_list users to log in.
local_enable=YES
userlist_enable=YES
userlist_deny=NO
userlist_file=/boot/config/vsftpd.user_list
check_shell=NO
#
# Logging to syslog
syslog_enable=NO
log_ftp_protocol=NO
xferlog_enable=NO
#
# Misc.
dirmessage_enable=NO
ls_recurse_enable=YES
listen=NO
seccomp_sandbox=NO

chroot_local_user=YES
allow_writeable_chroot=YES
user_config_dir=/boot/config/vsftpd.user_config_dir
pasv_min_port=10090
pasv_max_port=10100

 

 

Excerpt from /var/log/syslog:

 

Apr  5 21:03:14 unraid vsftpd[4248]: connect from 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.100)
Apr  5 21:03:24 unraid vsftpd[4285]: connect from 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.100)
Apr  5 21:03:34 unraid vsftpd[4342]: connect from 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.100)
Apr  5 21:03:45 unraid vsftpd[4475]: connect from 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.100)
Apr  5 21:03:55 unraid vsftpd[4521]: connect from 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.100)
Apr  5 21:04:05 unraid vsftpd[4613]: connect from 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.100)
Apr  5 21:04:16 unraid vsftpd[4653]: connect from 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.100)
Apr  5 21:04:26 unraid vsftpd[4691]: connect from 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.100)
Apr  5 21:04:36 unraid vsftpd[4747]: connect from 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.100)
Apr  5 21:04:47 unraid vsftpd[4782]: connect from 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.100)
Apr  5 21:04:57 unraid vsftpd[5111]: connect from 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.100)
Apr  5 21:05:08 unraid vsftpd[5201]: connect from 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.100)
Apr  5 21:05:18 unraid vsftpd[5244]: connect from 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.100)
Apr  5 21:05:28 unraid vsftpd[5297]: connect from 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.100)
Apr  5 21:05:39 unraid vsftpd[5358]: connect from 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.100)
Apr  5 21:05:49 unraid vsftpd[5400]: connect from 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.100)
Apr  5 21:05:59 unraid vsftpd[5441]: connect from 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.100)
Apr  5 21:06:10 unraid vsftpd[5526]: connect from 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.100)
Apr  5 21:06:20 unraid vsftpd[5569]: connect from 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.100)
Apr  5 21:06:30 unraid vsftpd[5610]: connect from 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.100)
Apr  5 21:06:41 unraid vsftpd[5667]: connect from 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.100)
Apr  5 21:06:51 unraid vsftpd[5709]: connect from 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.100)
Apr  5 21:07:01 unraid vsftpd[5776]: connect from 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.100)
Apr  5 21:07:12 unraid vsftpd[5853]: connect from 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.100)