Logging

[Ray Van Dolson]

On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 01:01:03PM -0600, Paul Edgar wrote:
> All,
> 
> Am I missing something here,  in ircd.conf file, I have the logs section 
> setup as
> 
> 
> /*
> * log {}:  contains information about logfiles.
> */
> log {
>        use_logging = yes;
>        fname_userlog = "logs/userlog";
>        fname_operlog = "logs/operlog";
>        fname_killlog = "logs/kill";
>        fname_klinelog = "logs/kline";
>        fname_glinelog = "logs/gline";
> 
>        /*
>         * log_level: the amount of detail to log in ircd.log.  The
>         * higher, the more information is logged.  May be changed
>         * once the server is running via /quote SET LOG.  Either:
>         * L_CRIT, L_ERROR, L_WARN, L_NOTICE, L_TRACE, L_INFO or L_DEBUG
>         */
>        log_level = L_INFO;
> };
> 
> 
> However, when I look in the "logs/userlog" directory I see no files.  In 
> fact, none of the subdirectories under logs contain any files.
> 
> ircd.log is created in the 'log' directory.
> 
> Do I not understand what this section is really for? I would guess that 
> all user info would be logged to "log/userlog" but maybe I am wrong.
> 
> Any Suggestions?

I believe the files need to exist ahead of time.  In addition, userlog
should be a file, not a directory.

  # pwd
  /usr/local/ircd
  # rmdir logs/userlog
  # touch logs/userlog

Do the same for the rest of the logfiles, HUP ircd and see if logging begins
working.  You'll also want to make sure the logs you touch above have the
correct permissions for your setup.

Ray