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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Extract text from journalctl logging facility
I have a system which I can access directly with the keyboard but not by ssh (which is my problem, and which arises the question; a RasPi 3 with OSMC 2016.05-1, which is Debian-based, version: 8.5). I ...
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Rsyslogd Log entry about attack created by unknown application
I have a server running for testing purposes which lately caught some strange log entries in /var/log/syslog, /var/log/user.log and /var/log/messages.
auth.log does not show anything suspicious. No (...
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How to set the default program for log4j/log4net log files?
The mentioned log4j/log4net output files look like these:
importer-log-file.log.2016-06-09
importer-log-file.log.2016-06-10
importer-log-file.log.2016-06-11
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exporter-log-file.txt.2016-06-09
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New Trisquel installation always at 100% CPU, log files grow very fast, graphical glitches, etc
About a week ago, I installed Trisquel on a rather old (2010-ish) computer, and ever since then there has been an issue which I had never found a solution for, but hesitated from asking for support ...
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Simple centralized logging for small Debian-based cluster
I have small cluster with 8 servers. Every one has Debian 8.4 installed. I'm only one administrator. What would be the simplest solution for centralized logging with following requirements:
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What type of attack is this by adding /127.0.0.1/ in the URI request?
I am hosting a website and I see a lot of request that include /127.0.0.1/127.0.0.1/ in the URI. Some times the /127.0.0.1/ is present multiple of time in the URI e.g /any/path//127.0.0.1/127.0.0.1/...
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How to measure a CPU overheating process when in Idle Mode?
Every time my PC is idle for an hour, I return to find the fan at maximum speed and the CPU at 51-52 degrees. It's Windows 7 on an 8150 octocore from AMD. The task manager shows that two of the cores ...
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Does netstat on windows persist logs of old connections?
I need to verify if a computer was hacked or if it has suspicious activity. Is a PC running on windows so I am wonder if there is a way to check a log with old connections activities.
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How to interpret an "SFC /VERIFYONLY" CBS integrity log (win10)?
I ran an SFC on my system and it tells me that there were some "Integrity Violations" and to see the log file for more details. So I was able to open it up in Notepad, but I have no idea what I'm ...
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How do I live monitor on linux what files get accessed created modified and deleted?
How do I monitor from this moment on what files get accessed / modified / created / deleted. (in live mode), similar to fseventer / fslogger?
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Python logging output limited to ~65 lines
I am working on a simple python script on CentOS 7. There is an error, but I am trying to figure it out using the log.
I have a logging class that has the following logging levels:
Error
Warn
Degub
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How to log websites accessed by device in my network
I'm trying to log all the websites accessed by the devices connected to my router
Dlink has this feature by default but it is limited to 40 pages with 10 items per page so it can store only 400 items....
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rsyslogd: How to prevent logging in the /var/kern.log file and redirecting to another file?
I am trying to redirect iptables log to another file.
Based upon my reading on the net, I did the following:
In my iptables rule, I have rules like:
iptables -A INPUT -s ... -j LOG --log-prefix "...
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Modifying script to capture login/shutdown times in Windows
For some time now I've been using this script to view my login time for a particular computer:
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFile = objFSO.GetFile("C:\Windows\...
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how to see the output of a cron/at jobs while it is still running?
The output of a cron or atq job is automatically send by email to the user, when the job is finished.
However I am running a time consuming script, and I would like to check that it is running ...
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How to monitor file/folder changes made while offline?
We are 4 friends, working on a project. Everyone works separately on a computer (windows), and all the files are stored in a shared network drive in one of the PCs.
We want to monitor the changes ...
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Alternative for "tail -f" that follows filename
I have some logs being generated using a timed rotating file logger. This logs to a file called tool.log, and at midnight, moves this to tool.log.<date> and starts a new tool.log.
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Drivers installation history
How can I check a history of drivers installation on Windows 8?
For example I know that in the last week someone installed new drivers. How can I check what drivers were installed and for what ...
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Chronologically order two log files into one
I have two log files.
In these logs the format is something like
15:41:52,236 INFO
And then followed by the actual log messages.
If I have two files which can have timestamps that occur before or ...
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Recording a bash session
For auditing and documentation purposes, I'd like to find a command such that everything that happens in a given bash session, is written to a file.
I.e., I'd like to end up with a file that shows ...
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How can I monitor and log an application?
I am trying to run an application but it closes after a few seconds without giving any error message.
Is there an application that will collect a log of everything that the application did which I ...
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Tracking Remote Access
If someone with Domain Admin credentials accesses your PC by using \\Computername\C$ is this "access" logged anywhere? I.E. the date/time and possibly computer name it occurred?
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How to log all commands on a Linux machine?
Good morning,
My collegues have created a script that executes compilation commands on UNIX and Linux based machines. In order to execute that script, Eclipse needs to be installed on that machine.
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How to get Firefox debug output on Windows
Firefox has started reliably crashing on startup. It crashes instantly in normal mode, and after about 4 seconds in safe mode. I'm trying to see any kind of debugging output so I can work out what is ...
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How do I open OneDrive log (ODL) files?
I am trying to troubleshoot Microsoft OneDrive, in particular I'd like to know which files it has processed. I found this folder which contains a bunch of ODL files:
C:\Users(user)\AppData\Local\...
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Windows 7 - spontaneous wake from sleep
Irregularly, unattended PC wakes up. A typical 'system' event log sequence is below Basically, my question is whether anything can be inferred from this. More specifically,
Is the order of ...
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In Eclipse, is it possible to configure two console views to always show the output from the same applications?
For example,
I'm writing a server, whose logs I print to a console view.
I'm also using testNG, whose logs I print to another console view.
I use the "pin" functionality on the server console, ...
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How do I monitor changes made to environment variables ?
I have an environment variable whose value didn't match the one set by /etc/environment, even after reboot. I eventually found the auto-executed .sh script changing it, but that incident got me ...
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Monitoring Linux writes to Compact Flash
I am working on a project that uses a SanDisk compact flash to host a linux operating system (ext2 file system and no swap). The system uses a separate IDE for logging and other file i/o functions. ...
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Status of file that is deleted while another process writes to it
I have a WAMP that writes (very often) the logs in a file.
If I delete that file (using Shift + Delete) it disappears for a moment, then it appears back (having the same size, not 0).
When I try to ...
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Record All Traffic Hitting Router
I have aNetgear WNDR4300 router. I was curious if there was an option to see all websites that are accessed from any device hitting the router. I have set-up an OpenDNS affiliation, but it seems to ...
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Watching logs with less +F freezes after a while
less +F is a great command for watching logs, but it has very annoying issue. After a while it stops updating log file and requires restart. Is there any way to make it follow file forever?
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how to get this layout with multitail
I have a silly one for you
I know how to do this with multitail (multitail -s 2 -sn 1,2 A.log B.log C.log):
+-----------------------+------------+
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Logfile for ruby bundler?
I have got a ruby project defining a Gemfile. When I run bundle update, already installed gems are getting updated, probably, e.g.
Installing rake 10.5.0 (was 10.4.2)
Using CFPropertyList 2.2....
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Is it possible to scroll through a chart in Excel?
Imagine that you have a dataset to which an additional measurement is added each day. In Excel, this could be a table to which additional rows are added. Imagine that you plot the time evolution of a ...
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How to grep in tail in several files
I need to tail several files, and most info from them i removing (using grep). Now mine output dirty with file names. How i can remove them?
Short to problem:
$ tail -F /log/rest_server*.log | egrep -...
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How to track time spent waiting for webpages to load
I would like to track the amount of time I spend waiting for webpages to load in Firefox or Chrome(ium) in a given time period (1 day for example). I am NOT trying to optimize a single page or website,...
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Redirecting command output in docker
I want to do some simple logging for my server which is a small Flask app running in a Docker container.
Here is the Dockerfile
# Dockerfile
FROM dreen/flask
MAINTAINER dreen
WORKDIR /srv
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Understanding OWA logs
I have a number of logs that I think are OWA logs. Titles such as microsoft.o365.shellg2.owa.js
microsoft.exchange.clients.owa2.client.calcorestrings.localized.min.js
Can anyone help me try and work ...
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What is 'Found' in Fail2Ban Log File?
I have multiple instances like the following in /var/log/fail2ban.log:
2015-12-27 14:31:21,949 fail2ban.filter [1020]: INFO [sshd] Found ###.###.###.###
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Able to delete part of the system log files on Mac OSX El Capitan based on a time period?
I was wondering if it was possible to delete only a portion of the system log files on the Mac OSX El Capitan based on a time period? Say I want to delete all activities that occurred between 9am - ...
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Write Robocopy batch output to a text file trouble
I want to write the output of a Robocopy command into a text file that I can review to see which files were copied and so forth.
I tried these commands...
robocopy drive:\ destination:\ /e /v>log....
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Preserve colors with watch -n
I am running
watch tail -n 15 20151217.log
and my output looks like
12-17 04:42:52 DEBUG [31mXYZT 10 91.5[0m
Instead, I want to see it as colored text. What can I do?
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"svn log" almost always returns "server unexpectedly closed connection"
I am on a Windows 7 system and using TortoiseSVN. I have used this combination for a very long time. However, suddenly the system seems to be broken viz.:
svn update works (quite slow)
svn commit ...
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I accidentally typed password into console's "login:" prompt
I accidentally typed my password into the console's "login:" prompt.
Is there any place where the password history could have been saved?
I am running Linux 3.13.0-71-generic, Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS.
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Track after hour users on computer
If I wanted to track all users that log-in to a specific computer, regardless of admin rights or not, what would be the best, most efficient, least obvious method of doing so? And without snooping on ...
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Network traffic over Remote Session
let's assume I have two computers, A and B, both running in different networks.
I then use a remote desktop tool (i.e. teamviewer) to access computer B from A. What could the network-administrator of ...
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Automate the tar on file creation
I need to tar the log files automatically when its get created with date (eg., error.log-20151116). How should i automate this activity. I don't want to perform this action by log rotation.
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Log internal IP address in apache2
I have a pretty standard apache2 installation (2.4.7) with name based vhosts. I would like to log in the access.log file private IP address of users who visit this website from NATed hosts.
In other ...
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Is there a way to log what application or device is using a USB port?
I have a DAQ connected through USB, and every now and then it drops signal and the application using it crashes. I have a feeling that some other process or service is interrupting the USB. Is there a ...
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