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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Robocopy log file - bad formatting
On: windows-10 Pro x64 and Robocopy.exe 10.0.17763.1
Batch .bat file runs Robocopy to backup my user direrctory on C: to H:
C: is SSD formatted HTFS, H: is HD formatted HTFS
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Custom format not recognized by lnav
I made a custom log format that I want to use for all our internal logs. I tried several different regex but it doesn't seem to pick up the format, and always default to generic_log.
I have lnav 0.8....
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mp3 save timestamps of elapsed time
I'm looking for a way to save the elapsed time of an audio file while I'm listening to it.
My idea is to press a key and to have the elapsed time logged to a file for subsequent use (for example to ...
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Where can I view the log that is sent to the BlueJean support when reporting an issue?
Where can I view the log that is sent to the BlueJean support when reporting an issue?
I use BlueJeans 2.19.791.0 on Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate.
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Journalctl shows logs from about last hour only
I have a problem with journalctl logs, which doesn't show me logs older than about one hour.
First log entry is from about one hour ago, instead of 2 days as requested.
$ date -u
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Is it possible to filter journald messages before they are filed?
I have all kind of logs which are centralized with journald. A lot of them are not interesting and I could try to filter them at the source, but this not always possible. Moreover, some are ...
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How can I get my Cygwin SSH server to log into a file?
On proper Linux systems, the SSH server typically logs into a file, e.g. /var/log/auth.log or /var/log/syslog etc. But - that doesn't exist on my Cygwin system; and merely editing /etc/sshd_config ...
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Write the output of xmllint to a log file, how?
With xmllint I check all XML files in the folder and if xmllint finds an invalid XML file there is an output.
My question: how can I write this output to a log file?
I found this command on the ...
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Restart Computers and Send a Log
I am in need of assistance. I'm trying to make a batch file to restart computers on my network and send a log of what computers successfully restarted and what computers were not. I know to restart ...
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/var/log/syslog.1 => 60GB | I seem to have stopped the cause, but don't know how to cleanly deal with the size of the logfile
So basically there is a command (gotop-cjbassi) I run continuously for monitoring purposes which started to misbehave badly apparently. After verification, every time it is run, systemd-journald ...
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How to forward syslogs through tcp over tls?
Does anyone know how to forward Linus syslogs to windows log event collector through tcp over tls?
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Does/can Windows 10 keep track of file moves/copies/shortcut creations?
Numerous times a day, I get the feeling that I accidentally created a shortcut in File Explorer, or that I accidentally copied or moved a dir/file.
I keep looking for the "History box", but then ...
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Apache Piped Log for PHP error messages
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Piping Apache error logs to a custom script doesn't work as expected. Apache sends core meassages to the script. But logs from PHP or authz_core_module still end up in Apache's default logging ...
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Does window store temperature information over time?
I want to know if window stores temperature information like cpu or gpu temperature over the use of device, if it does where can I access it.
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logcheck ignores one of my ignore patterns
I use logcheck for more than a decade and never had an issue. Now some messages are ignored and I just can't wrap my head around why.
My ignore.d.server/_self contains:
^\w{3} [ :0-9]{11} [._[:alnum:...
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Why not the stdout/stderr of my script as a systemd.service be redirected to journald?
I saw that systemd redirects all of stdout/stderr of a unit to journald by default, but I forget where I saw it.
The output of my binary programs such as those compiled by gcc, has been redirected ...
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Where are really the log files to debug when a Windows 10 update fails?
I am struggling with a Win 10 update, in particular:
Feature update to Windows 10, version 1809 x64 2020-03B - Error 0x80070490
Google is swamped with useless articles about random experiences of ...
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Client IP in Apache log is different to that in Application log
I have a strange issue, and it is related to Apache and my PHP application.
From my application, all Header variables are as below:
2020-03-29 10:12:51
HTTP_HOST is 47.56.247.44
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samba linux access log file location
experts!
I have a linux smb installation, and, as well as apache logs every access (what ip, when, requests what resource), I wonder if smb does the same:
I'd like to have a log file that reflects ...
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How to Add a Tag to Filebeat's System Module?
Using the System module from Elasticsearch's Filebeat, the documents created in the index do not have any tags. How can I add a tag to just the entries from this module?
The documentation for the ...
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Router default undesired login page prompt
This morning when I first came to my computer I noticed that my chrome browser had my Netgear Nighthawk X6S Tri-Band Mesh Extender network login page on it with the dialog "Session has timed out". I ...
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How to run Get-WinEvent as a Task Scheduler job in Windows Server 2012
I'm trying to set up a scheduled task in Windows Server 2012 that will periodically save all events in Event Viewer log into a text file. I've put together a command that works well when run in the ...
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iptables logging how to increase max log prefix?
I have many iptables rules that will log offending packets. My logs go to /var/log/iptables.log but the logs appear in 24-hour time: Mar 13 00:13:55 kernel: DROPPED Attempted ping, I would like them ...
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How to show private data in macOS unified log
I need to debug some problems regarding user login, but many somehow interesting information in the new unified log are hidden, like this (shortened):
opendirectoryd[130]: [com.apple.opendirectoryd:...
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How to log Custom Views in Event Viewer (Windows Server 2012 )
I created a Custom View in Event Viewer (Windows Server 2012) that displays events from by a specified source (Sugar2SvcNow Log in attached screen shot). I'm trying to save all the events in this ...
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How can I use something like tail -f for a long taking process that only writes to a logfile in batch?
I have a long taking batch process in Jenkins (Unity3D to be exact) that doesn't provide any output to the console.
It only writes a logfile lets say unityLog.txt and does not produce any output to ...
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How to log some, but not all, lftp transfers
I have an lftp script file that I use for mirroring some directories over sftp, so I run the command using something like lftp -f mirror_dirs.lftp. I would now like to log the transfers to a specific ...
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Haproxy logs are written two locations
I have a haproxy and rsyslog setup, I'm facing issue that haproxy logs are being written in 2 files /var/log/messages and /var/log/haproxy.log(I need this to be written only in this file)
Haproxy:
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Is there way to do NFS audit logging?
I need to monitor what's happening on a storage that is being accessed from Linux workstations via NFS (v3). Ideally something similar to the samba auditing.
Is there any option to achieve this?
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Display the custom token automatically in the original syslog messages generated by rsyslog
We have purchased a cloud based application with multi tenant support that we have deployed for our selves and a number of our customers. This particular cloud based application has a custom token ...
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Convox logs filter with dashes
I try to filter convox logs with filter a string which contains dashes, a-b-c.
Based on the doc, I can put my string in a double quotes. but it doesn't output any result. I can verify without dashes, ...
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Is the HDD SMART failing?
My server has started to reboot on random times for no reason.
I have been trying to locate the issue for a long time, at first I thought it was the virtualization / proxmox that or some reason ...
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Run a windows command line utility allowing it to display its output to screen AND loggin it to file.txt
i have a utility i want to run which does not allow logging in the options/arguments of the program itself.
I can naturally run the program with a > logfile.txt
However, i would like to see the status ...
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How to get syslog in Common event format(CEF)
I want /var/log/syslog in common event format(CEF).Is there any way to convert a syslog into CEF?
Syslog sample
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Pycharm Log options feature shows log on debug but not on run
I'm running a script which makes a log file and stores it. I've configured by run so that it knows where this log file is kept and it knows to show the log file as a tab when debugging. Is there a way ...
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Macos- track frequency of user activity throughout day?
Some of the only resources Ive found on this issue are https://eclecticlight.co/2017/10/13/whats-your-mac-been-up-to-for-the-last-3-months-inside-macoss-hidden-activity-records/ -
I need to track ...
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XConsole logging works intermittently and rarely
I am on Ubuntu 18.04 and have been trying to get some logs to display on xconsole. I followed the instructions provided by /usr/share/doc/rsyslog/README.Debian:
To create the /dev/xconsole pipe, ...
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log the ende of TCP connection between 2 machine
I use Ulogd to log Trafic that pass over firewall.
My Rule are in Forward Chain:
chain FORWARD {
type filter hook forward priority 0; policy drop;
ct state established,...
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I broke logging in MariaDB; How to repair?
I messed up. In order to save disk space, I removed mysql-000xx.bin files with Ubuntu's rm command - rather than using the mysql purge command, as I later found out.
But the damage is done now, ...
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log tcp contakting connection with nftables
I Want to log TCP contracting Connexion using nftables(iptables)
I tried to write tcp flags in Rule, but when I acces to webpage of destination IP address I get just this Info in my logfile :
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nginx append date stamp to old logs
I wonder how I might achieve naming old nginx logs (both access and error logs). Currently my server adds numbers to these which is default behaviour I guess (looks like this: access.log.1).
Can I ...
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possible to see which files I accessed on certain date/time?
I recently created a Photoshop image from a bunch of images on my computer and now I need to find one of the original images which I know is on my machine.
I know the final PSD was created on ...
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How do I extract what updates have been installed from CBS.log?
I'm using AppDynamics to monitor our systems which has the ability to extract data from text logs so you can query them like a SQL table. What I want to do is extract when windows updates are ...
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Lock computer and Log user name application
I have a windows7 computer which is connected to a mechanical system. This computer has 2 user accounts one admin and one for the factory users. What I want to do is to have some kind of lock/log ...
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Log4j2 logger only prints to console, does not write to file?
Apache log4j2 logger prints to console, not to file when run on server side. The same logger if placed in client side logs to file as expected. This worked fine on 1.7.10 but when transitioned from 1....
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Completely Automatic Time Tracking for Windows 10
I've read some of the answers to similar question here but not found exactly what I want.
I want to know how much time I spend working with different programs during the day, with zero setup, naming ...
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How can port scan software obtain a local IP?
How can port scan software obtain a local IP?
My home network is behind a Netgear DG834PN router with DGTeam firmware.
I accept that port scans are a fact of life. I get very few and most are to IPs ...
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Looking for taskhostw.exe log
I have a couple of Win10 PCs with some kind of antivirus software installed on them, and recently (following antivirus logs) process taskhostw.exe started to act suspiciously, trying to make strange ...
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How to check for screen activation in system logs
I have a Debian 10 (Buster) installed, and I was wondering how to check in the system logs when the screen was activated.
The way I configured the OS is that I have turned off in the power manager ...
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rsyslog deletes logs after reboot
I'm experimenting with rsyslog. I want machine A to send logs to machine B. That works nicely. If I shut down machine B, the logs are queued and as soon as B is back up, the messages are delivered.
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