# Source IP is missing in FTP log even with forwardfor

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**Category:** Help!\
**Created:** [February 28, 2024, 4:10am UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/source-ip-is-missing-in-ftp-log-even-with-forwardfor/9546 "2024-02-28T04:10:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![jakonhaproxy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85f322/32.png) [@jakonhaproxy](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/jakonhaproxy)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/source-ip-is-missing-in-ftp-log-even-with-forwardfor/9546/3 "2024-02-28T15:41:12Z")

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Thanks Lukas for taking time.

I am using java apacheFTP Mina (FTP Server). I have the source and be able to do some minimal changes if you could help at a high level (Not overconfident and also I understand the other risks here).

I saw in this example also they have referred to forwardfor hence I was thinking it would work.

> [@How can I make FTP Connection?](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/how-can-i-make-ftp-connection/2355):
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> Hello How can I make FTP Connection? This is conf file: global log 127.0.0.1 local0 log 127.0.0.1 local1 notice #log loghost local0 info maxconn 4096 chroot /var/lib/haproxy user haproxy group haproxy daemon #debug #quiet stats socket /var/lib/haproxy/stats defaults log global mode http option httplog option dontlognull retries 3 redispatch maxconn 2000 contimeout 5000 clitimeout 50000 srvtimeout 50000 listen stats bind \*:8080 mo…

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