Questions tagged [logging]
The act of recording actions, requests, and other meaningful data in a computer. Often used for troubleshooting kernels, servers, etc.
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Logging All Outgoing Web Requests [closed]
I'm looking for a way to monitor my home network and log all outgoing web requests and record the URL's and possibly even the IP of the machine/device that made the request. I've considered using ...
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Which tools can log system resources usages in Windows/Linux? [closed]
I need a tool can log at least a few things like this:
CPU load: (min/max/average)
RAM load: (min/max/average)
Storage size: (max/is used)
Storage/folder growth size.
AFAIK, Linux shell can help ...
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IP addresses from around the globe show up in my Router logs
I was checking my Wifi Router logs, and i spotted a lot of the following -
Unrecognized attempt blocked from 198.204.230.34:5109 to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx UDP:5060
Unrecognized attempt blocked from 107.181....
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POODLE - Monitor clients denied by disabling SSLv3
Is it possible via a log or something to view clients rejected by disabling SSLv3? I see the page comes up as "cannot be displayed" but I cannot find my request in any apache logs. It seems the ...
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File viewer (or editor) that highlights all matches in the text visible on the screen
I am looking for a graphical application to read logs with. Personally I always use less
to read logs, and it fulfills my need 100%. However selling "Why don't you use this text mode command with no ...
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Is it possible to change log destination for Task Scheduler?
I'm not sure if this is the right place for me to ask but I was wondering if it is possible to change where Task Scheduler store its logs? I have an .aspx that can read log files from virtual ...
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Log every operation of root user (and sudoers)
I want to log every operation of root on my server. This is useful for debugging, or for setting up another identical server, and so on. I am searching for a solution for either centos or debian. ...
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Mac: What is /Users/PortDetect.log?
I have a file called /Users/PortDetect.log on my MacBook Pro, with contents like
Wed Nov 25 18:22:42 2009
-- PortDetect started...
Wed Nov 25 18:23:19 2009
-- PortDetect started...
Who is making ...
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log execution of certain commands on linux
I have to maintain a system (debian) on which several users are allowed to install programs - so I would like to log, for example, if anyone executes "apt-get install" or "apt-get purge", so I can ...
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How do I log all UNIX shell commands submitted by all users?
Is there an elegant way to log every command submitted in all shells on a machine? This is in the context of an infrequently-used Ubuntu server, of which I am the only human user. (There are several ...
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Delete logs after consumption: logstash
I have logstash watching a directory on the host. Every time it sees a log that matches the path I specified in the logstash config it starts to import the data into my elasticsearch cluster. Does ...
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How to append %fromhost-ip% variable to every log line in rsyslog for remote host logs?
I use rsyslog variables to compose log filenames. Variables %HOSTNAME% and %fromhost-ip%. Everything is OK, but the question is:
How can I append/prepend these variables to every log line for logs ...
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How to determine if file on another machine is being accessed
I would like to determine if a file on another computer (or network) is currently being accessed. Ideally, I want to perform this task in a batch file, but other methods of performing this feat is ...
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No kernel messages are logged to kern.log
I am trying to configure rsyslog. Ultimately, I want to have a log file of dropped packets but I can't get rsyslog to log properly.
/etc/rsyslog.conf looks like this:
# /etc/rsyslog.conf ...
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How to log DNS queries from my home network?
I want to log all DNS lookups from computers on my home wireless network. What's the best way to do this?
Options I know of:
Using OpenDNS and let it log queries for me. However, in order to then ...
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logging of data traffic to follow cyber law
I have connected my ubuntu 14.04 computer to a "mirrored" port on my firewall, so that I can see all traffic on the network. I use this today to see who uses our bandwidth with NTOPNG.
but since I ...
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Opening a 28GB Apache access log [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Text Editor for very big file - Windows
What is the fastest way to open a 28GB apache access log file, I need to look at the most recent entries.
OS is Windows Server 2003
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Disable Logging on Raspian/Debian
I want to stop my Raspberry Pi to create System-wide Logs in Order to save Memory Space.
Is there a Way to disable Logrotate?
I Hope You can help me
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Most efficient log "echo date"?
My coworkers write scripts with lines like this:
echo "nightly $MACHINE restart begins at" `date`
Which outputs something like this:
nightly whitestar restart begins at Mon Oct 13 22:05:01 EDT 2014
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How to log STDOUT of a background process w/o buffering on Mac?
I am running a background process on Mac and have a problem with log update. If I run
someprog > mylog &
then mylog is updated not immediately, but with some intervals - I guess it's due to ...
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How to log screen power off/lock
I want to log screen power off/lock events. A substitute would be to log mouse/keyboard idling (from which display powering off can be inferred.
I ask because I frequently find the fan going full ...
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iptables - I'm losing control over the box by adding new rule to the config
My set up is the following:
Internet uplink (200Mbit)
DMZ (1GB ethernet)
Internal network (1gb internet)
Log interface
My gateway is serving around 600 clients with 1400 iptables rules in place. ...
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Viewing Windows SCM's .EVM files
I have developed some windows services and noticed that at some point in time, the Windows service manager will stop and resume my service without notifying anything.
I know Windows SCM logs are ...
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Is there a way to determine when the last user logged in under Windows 8.1?
I came in to work and found that my desktop has moved around and applications have been closed down. Is there a way to determine when my computer was unlocked?
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Read history commands on GNOME 2?
Someone (old employee) deleted the history record and I am wondering if there is any way to read the commands executed by Gnome ?
Thanks!
FYI:
Server: Debian 6.0 Gnome: v2
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System clock seems fine, logs timestamp however are not
Managing remotely my VPS, I wanted the logs and everything written in my timezone so I could read easily when something happened.
So I changed the timezone and now "date" command and such returns my ...
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Permissions, Rights & Privileges [closed]
I only have the privileges of a normal user on a Windows environment (XP). I would like to ask the following questions.
Are any/all attempts to access a log file (text) logged somewhere?
Are any ...
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Is there a software that allows RS232 sniffing and TCP/UDP listening [closed]
I am looking for a software that would fulfill the following requirements:
Able to "sniff" communication over RS232 (like PortMon and Advanced Serial Data Logger)
Able to listen to a given address/...
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Why PPPoE Connection fails with error 691 - ADSL2+ Modem
On Windows 7, an ADSL2+ modem is used to connect to my ISP using a PPPoE connection.
1-Username and password are correct.
2-The modem is configured to accept bridge connection with my ISP VPI VCI ...
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How can I see a log of printed files?
In my office, we have a great laser printer/hole puncher/stapler/duplexer that I use for 99% of my printing. Unfortunately, it is at the other side of the building. While the exercise is obviously ...
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Windows server 2008 SP2 Event Viewer "last 30 days" incorrect filter
I've encountered this problem in my server - Windows server 2008 SP2.
Whenever I try to filter the log with option - "last 30 days". I got the result which was more than 30 days from today.
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Logging full network connection like in browser
Can I set my browser or download a special application to log/download everything that is going through network while browsing a site?
When I open a website in Firefox, it downloads the files to ...
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Where Does One Find Logs of Pentesting Tools on Windows
I'm scanning my Windows 8 machine with Nmap and OpenVAS (from a different machine on my LAN and another one over WAN) and I'm looking for logs for the occurrence of such events in the Event Viewer but ...
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Windows server 2003 deletion of event logs
I would like to clear the contents in the security event (security.evtx) using DOS commands in windows server 2003. I get an error: The file is being used by another process. Should I stop the event ...
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Linux command line utility for watching log files live?
What's a good linux command line utility for watching a log file live? It's probably obvious but I totally forgot it.
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how can i overwrite existing log file in inno setup
i am new to inno setup. I want logging information, for that I set SetupLogging=yes and I used following code for getting log file .
procedure CurStepChanged(CurStep: TSetupStep);
var
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Is there a way to automatically get track of installed packages and dependencies?
There are packages I installed using 'apt-get install', that installed also all its dependencies. If I want to remove it after some time, I would remove its dependencies as well. Now I do not trust '...
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ubuntu upstart permission error when writing to log on a non admin user
I have a simple upstart script:
start on started network-services
respawn
respawn limit 100 5
setuid www-data
exec node /var/testapp/app.js >> /var/log/testapp.log 2>&1
post-start ...
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aoss is preventing file logging - logging argument commands
I am using an application which requires aoss. The results are required to be appended to a file. When I write these commands, the file is always empty:
aoss multimon -a DTMF | tee test.txt
aoss ...
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Tail multiple files while piping one of the files through grep
I want to use tail follow two log files, but one of the log files has too much data, so I want it filtered with grep.
tail -f file1 file2|grep mySearch
The issue with this is that both files are run ...
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Find 350ms in traceroute logs?
So I have a bash script that creates logs like this:
traceroute to -------, 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 router.Belkin (192.168.2.1) 2.275 ms 2.263 ms 2.249 ms
2 ------- 16.961 ms 21.060 ms ...
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Obtain IP address logging data from firmware? other non-hdd memory?
Is there a way to find a history of internet sites (IP addresses) a laptop / computer has communicated with, without having the hard disk installed? In other words, is this data logged into firmware ...
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How to make a bash write to trace.log, trace1.log, etc.?
I am making a script and would like to write it to another file if that one exists?
traceroute google.com > trace.log
Any help would be appreciated.
Also, i am a newbie, so an example would be ...
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MSComCtl2.DTPicker of control ... was not a loaded control class
I am attempting to load a project from Visual Source Safe onto my Windows 7 32-bit machine in Visual Studio 6.0.
Everything is successful except for an error that occurs in finding this "MSComCtl2 ...
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Batch or VBS to log transfer file type & paths from file share
Would anyone know how to record/write a log based on what the user has transferred from a file share?. I know I could use Wireshark, but all I need to do is write a line to the log everytime the user(...
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Is it possible to log all files that are executed in Ubuntu? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I log all process launches in Linux
I would like to be able to log all the files that are executed on my system, so I can see later in a log which files have been ...
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Colourized command for grep output
Hey forum!
I have recently begun working with Debian and do so in a purely command-line environment. I connect from a windows desktop through puTTY using asymmetric encryption rather than passwords.
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How to log my Remote Desktop / Terminal Services activity on Windows XP
I am working remotely (Windows 7), and connecting to my Windows XP machine at the office via Remote Desktop via Citrix. Is there a simple way to log my activity other than just the logon and logoff? ...
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Check which string occurs first in a growing file
I'm running a remote executable which produces a logfile.
I want to write a script to check whether the executable is run successfully or encounters an error. The way I can do this is by looking at ...
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Wireless Card Dumping Lots of Log Messages (13GiB+ over a few hours)
My USB wifi adapter (TL-WN822N running on Fedora 20 with the ath9k_htc adapter) seems to be working fine but is dumping similar debugging messages multiple times per second. The messages are so large ...