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20.2. Displaying Log Files
You can display the Directory Server log files using the command line and Directory Server Console.
20.2.1. Displaying Log Files Using the Command Line
To display the log files using the command line, use the utilities included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, such as less, more, and cat. For example:
# less /var/log/dirsrv/slapd-instance_name/access
To display the locations of log files:
# ldapsearch -D "cn=Directory Manager" -W -p 389 \ -h server.example.com -x -b "cn=config" -s base \ nsslapd-accesslog nsslapd-errorlog nsslapd-auditlog nsslapd-auditfaillog ... nsslapd-accesslog: /var/log/dirsrv/slapd-instance_name/access nsslapd-errorlog: /var/log/dirsrv/slapd-instance_name/errors nsslapd-auditlog: /var/log/dirsrv/slapd-instance_name/audit nsslapd-auditfaillog: /var/log/dirsrv/slapd-instance_name/audit-failure
Note
If logging for a log type is not enabled, the corresponding log file does not exist.
20.2.2. Displaying Log Files Using the Console
To display the Directory Server log files:
- Open the Directory Server Console. For details, see Section 1.3.1, “Opening the Directory Server Console”.
- Select the Status tab.
- Expand the Logs entry and select the log you want to display.
Note
The Console does not contain a log file viewer for theAudit Fail
log. Alternatively, you can:- Display this log using the command line. See Section 20.2.1, “Displaying Log Files Using the Command Line”.
- Configure Directory Server to log
Audit Fail
entries to the same file asAudit
events.
- Optionally, you can apply the following settings to the log file viewer:
- Set the number of line to display in the Lines to show field.
- Set a filter in the Show only lines containing field.
- Display older log files of the same type, by selecting the log in the Select log field.
- Enable automatically displaying new log entries by selecting Continuous refresh.
Click thebutton to apply the changes.