Log files charset

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File /var/log/vsftpd.log contains file entries with the name in greek language.

This is what I get:

Fri Dec  9 01:39:39 2022 [pid 16628] [engineer] OK DOWNLOAD: Client "85.75.55.151", "/??????/????/7?? ??????????????/?????????????????????? ??????????????????????????/????????????????/?????????????? ?????????????????????? ??????????????/???????????????????? ?????????????????????? ???????? ???????????????????? ????????????.docx", 13325 bytes, 34.87Kbyte/sec
Fri Dec  9 01:39:39 2022 [pid 16628] [engineer] OK DOWNLOAD: Client "85.75.55.151", "/??????/????/7?? ??????????????/?????????????????????? ??????????????????????????/????????????????/?????????????? ?????????????????????? ??????????????/???????????????????? ?????????????????????? ???????? ???????????????????? ????????????.pdf", 175575 bytes, 489.28Kbyte/sec
Fri Dec  9 01:39:40 2022 [pid 16628] [engineer] OK DOWNLOAD: Client "85.75.55.151", "/??????/????/7?? ??????????????/?????????????????????? ??????????????????????????/????????????????/?????????????? ?????????????????????? ??????????????/???????????????????? ?????????????????????? ???????? ???????????????????? ????????????.xlsx", 21807 bytes, 276.84Kbyte/sec
Fri Dec  9 01:39:40 2022 [pid 16628] [engineer] OK DOWNLOAD: Client "85.75.55.151", "/??????/????/7?? ??????????????/?????????????????????? ??????????????????????????/????????????????/?????????????????? ????????????????/?????????????????? ????????????????.xlsx", 10374 bytes, 280.84Kbyte/sec

Not good.

Can I do something?

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Hi Nick,

Did you ever get this sorted out? Figure out what caused it?

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No solution until now.
Names of paths are in Greek language.
It is clearly a charset problem, probably in vsftpd source.
I think it is not to difficult to reproduce the problem.
Just FTP share a non-english directory or file and try to access it.
In the vsftpd log it will appear with ???