Logging

[Paul Edgar]

Henri Salo wrote:
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> Ray Van Dolson <rayvd at bludgeon.org> wrote:
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>> 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
>>     
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> Directory structure doesn't matter so don't care about that 'pwd'.
> INSTALL -file
> (http://svn.ircd-hybrid.org:8000/viewcvs.cgi/ircd-hybrid/INSTALL?rev=577&view=markup)
> says you at part 6 that you should touch those files if you want to
> enable those logs.
>
> So if you want to enable all logs you should type this command on
> ircd/logs-directory: touch userlog operlog operlog kill kline gline
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Yes I read that, but the left brain did not know what the right brain 
was doing.  The system for some reason set those up a directories and 
not as files. I removed all of the directories and touched the files as 
listed above.

Now to see if this really works.

Thanks for the prompt answers.


PaulE