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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SSH on Windows 10 produces an empty log file
I am using ssh on Windows 10 with the -E option:
ssh -E log.txt myuser@myserver.com
The log file gets written, but it's empty. I tried ending my session with exit (rather than just closing the ...
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non booting behaviour in ubuntu VPS with empty logs
I have an issue today, I have an ubuntu VPS. On this VPS I have PLESK installed, and I'm running 4 websites.
One of the websites suddenly stopped working, then I rebooted the VPS through SSH. After ...
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How to repair a XFS filesystem with a dirty log?
I had a server crash while its RAID array was running in a degraded state and now the XFS file system is corrupted. I have read up on how to repair the filesystem but most things I have tried have ...
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How to logrotate Docker containers with journald log-driver
I would like to achieve log rotation for Docker containers, but also preserve logs on Docker container recreate (docker compose up --force-recreate). Local driver seems perfect (it allows custom file ...
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VirtualBox 7.0.6 failed to open a session on host Windows 10 lacking WinVerifyTrust
I'm working on Windows 10 Home (version 22H2, OS build 19045). Shortly after another Windows update my Oracle VM VirtualBox (which I'm using with no extension packs) stopped launching virtual machines ...
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Disable a "Startup event trace session" when Windows boots
OS: Windows 10 Pro 64bit, 21H2, I'm the Admin on this computer.
Although there's a manual way to do this via
Performance Monitor -> Data Collector Sets -> Startup Event Trace Sessions
However, ...
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MobaXTerm: opening a new SSH session from Win CMD with logging
first topic here, so apologies in advance, if I am doing something wrong!
Searching with various terms did not yield in useful results, so I would like to ask for your help.
Is it possible to start a ...
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How to disable gz backup history of logs?
In the /var/log directory from time to time different backup log files are saved, some ending in .1 .2 .3 and .gz. How can I configure the system to generate a single log without making backups but at ...
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Log Whatsapp conversations
We want to log everything that's being communicated with our clients.
We log e-mails, phone calls and letters.
With WhatsApp I tried different approaches already:
Keep an app like Notisave running on ...
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What does ddrescue logfile indicate?
I am running ddrescue, trying to copy my dying 2TB Seagate Baracuda harddrive to a new 4TB hard drive.
Now, it has been running for 5 days now, and on the terminal screen I see there are some read ...
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Why does Amazon Music create an asw_sdk{date}.log file on my desktop when it runs?
I am running Windows 10 and whenever I run my Amazon Music Desktop app it creates a file called aws_swk{today's date}.log file on my desktop. It's always empty. It appears to also have logs in its ...
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Windows 10 screen timeout is set. Something turn on the screen after it has been switched off by timer settings
My screen timeout settings is set to 5 minutes for both options (On battery + When plugged in).
My sleep settings is set to 15 minutes from battery and never when plugged in.
Blank screen saver is set ...
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Mapping the wlceventd logs and their wlceventd_proc_event
I'm trying to monitor the logs that my Asus router are generating, so I can react on certain events.
Some of the interesting ones are from the Wireless LAN Controller event daemon (wlceventd), e.g. ...
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Windows event log service records
When the Windows event log service is stopped or started is this logged anywhere on windows?
Service = EventLog
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Find log files under multiple directories and compress each file with its own name and date
I have multiple directories like below and I want to compress each file in place.
/var/dir1/logs/logfile.log
/var/dir2/logs/logfile.log
/var/dir3/logs/logfile.log
I want to use find and tar with ...
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VLC log files W10 Vetinari
I'm using VLC v3.0.18 Vetinari on Windows 10. Previous posts show that I need to go to Tools->Preferences, then "Show Settings". The problem is that this doesn't exist in version v3.0.18. ...
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What is cpts/ in var/log/lastlog
I've tried to cat /var/log/lastlog and it only opens with a single line with:
▒▒▒cpts/4192.168.1.111
Any ideas?
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How to get http request/response bodies in Kong api gateway's http-log plugin with documented config.custom_fields_by_lua option?
Disclaimer
This is well discussed topic, but it seems that the solution is not there yet.
This one seem to be an outdated duplicate, don't judge me for that.
https://discuss.konghq.com/t/logging-...
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How to list users logged via remote desktop(xrdp) and ssh on Ubuntu
I'm using some shared Ubuntu machine and using the who, w, last commands doesn't print any users just my own user. Issuing reboot print a list of users logged in via xrdp.
Is there a command that can ...
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Windows 10 stops with CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED
I have a Dell Latitude laptop shipped with Windows 10, which ran without problems until I had the idea to run an older Windows install from an external SSD in USB. It booted and worked (still works), ...
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Is it possible to find out (retrospectively) when a file was deleted from standard Windows 7 logs?
My mother-in-law has a problem at her workplace: when she came back after a day off, a folder with important files was gone from the desktop, the trash bin also emptied, with several weeks' worth of ...
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Scan DHCP logs on all DHCP servers in domain for a specific IP
I need to find out what was a computer name using a specific IP in a specific time. But there are dozens of DHCP servers in the domain and I don't know which server has the relevant subnet in scope. ...
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vsftpd log does not support utf8 filenames
I have vsftpd server for sharing my files.
Most of my files have greek filename.
File /var/log/vsftpd.log contains uploaded/downloaded file entries.
This is what I get (because of greek filenames):
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journalctl entries are logged using the same time, in 5minute intervals
I have a service which queries a database every second and print out results to console. When I look at journalctl I get a couple hundred lines that all have the same timestamp, and then the next ...
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Git Log of a particular file from a particular commit only
git log --graph --decorate --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit --patch --full-history --follow -- "${FileP}"
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* b8800d8 (HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD) chore(export): ...
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Is it possible to log all command/terminal output when a Windows installer runs.?
Sometimes when running program installers, they run some scripts (DOS?) that momentarily splash on the screen. Is it possible to intercept and log all of this output on a logged-in system for review ...
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How to display the IP and MAC address in the sysmon logs for all the events
Using Sysmon this is the output i get as of now for the Event Type 1. But i need to add an additional data field to the output in the event log like IP and MAC address of the machine. How to make the ...
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Advanced logrotate setup for Apache on Centos 7
I am attempting to configure logrotate to manage my Apache log files. As mentioned in the title server is running centos 7.
To get ahead of the usual questions, Yes - I have read the man pages and ...
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do not rsyslog localhost
tl;dr I want log messages from the local system to use the typical log file paths under /var/log, remote systems to use /var/log/remote/
On an rsyslog server, remote systems are sending their log ...
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how I can integrate damware with qradar?
we are using product “Dameware Mini Remote Control” for Desktop support and want to integrate the Dameware with Qradar SIEM so that we will be able to see the logs for our analysis and to detect who ...
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reading logs from a different user
Running Ubuntu at the moment - I have created a user to run a node.js app - however, that app is giving errors and logging it inside /var/log. I can't tail the logs because I'm logged in with a ...
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Target Username vs Subject Username in windows logs
When looking at windows event logs, I see 2 kinds of users mentioned: a subject username and a target username.
For authentication logs ( such as 4624 login events ) I understand that the subject ...
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USB mouse jiggler and logs
A lot of companies have software that detects usb mouse jigglers, heard it can get you fired. Even without downloading software, are jigglers creating USB logs and will it give employers all my ...
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Winsyslog forward .log file to server
I have winsys log installed. I need to simply forward a .log file loggings to winsyslog server,
I can see client has forwarding options,
So somehow I need to configure, and I should verify from ...
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How to get Google Chrome to expand the hidden "[object Object]" data to record in the "chrome_debug.log"?
In Chrome, I can observe a site's JavaScript/data by right clicking on the page and selecting "Inspect", and then I click the "Console" tab, and scroll down a bit in a particular ...
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Which code is responsible to write auth.log?
How to find the program which writes auth.log file in kali linux? I tried searching for that program but couldn't find it.
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Horizental axis label disappears when changed to log scale
In excel, i tried to draw the forest plot using risk ratio and confidence interval. However, when i change the horizontal axis lab to scale, scale labels disappear? What could be wrong here?
I have ...
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How do I track all the different types of event logs exclusive to an antimalware software or pc recovery software?
I recently found out that my pc has been infected by some serious spyware and while I did successfully remove them, I’m afraid that that malware affected the antimalware and management solutions I ...
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How to decode tracev3 files?
How do I decode a .tracev3 file into a human-readable format?
See here for a description of why macOS creates .tracev3 files.
Thanks in advance,
James Pedersen
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Fedora 35 Apache not logging errors to error_log
I recently got myself a Fedora VM to do coding with and I cannot get Apache to log errors
My httpd.conf is still pretty default and so is my PHP.
sudo tail -f /var/log/httpd/error_log output:
AH00558: ...
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Log remote control connections with external apps
Hello' i've been deploying a report that logs Terminal Server connections in my servers using event 4624 and filtering for Remote Interactive connections.
I was trying to do a similar report for ...
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History of connected Device Mac OS Internet Sharing
I have a Mac OS Internet Sharing with Share Settings On Mac OS Monterey But Today I need to log ALL the device who has already connect to the internet sharing.
How can I do that ?
I try ARP but it's a ...
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Saving the output of a python executable that launches a cmd-like window to a txt file
I have a python executable file. When launched, it endlessly displays system logs on a cmd-like window. I cannot write any commands nor do I have access to the source code. Would it be possible to ...
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How can I monitor every requests from Windows notifications?
I would like to intercept the whole object from the Windows notifications post request coming from remote connection.
A user Eugene Gagarin, have shared a proof of concept about the feasibility to ...
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Windows Event Collector unreliable log delivery
First time poster here! I'm duplicating a post from a couple other forums I haven't gotten traction on. I figure this is a fringe enough issue and I can't find anything about on Google so I'll post it ...
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What is the user logon id 0xe37 in event logs
I have a lot of event logs where the user logon id is 0xe37 or 0xE37. I am under the impression that a logon id changes after a reboot. Many of these logs are stating that a query into an account with ...
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How to display missing updates info when logged into servers?
I wanna to display missing updates information in every time user login to the server.
Updates Information Summary: updates
1 Security notice(s)
3 Bugfix notice(s)
1 Enhancement notice(s)
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FreshTomato Web Usage Full URL
I'm currently running a customer firmware of FreshTomato (Version 2022.3) on my NetGear R7000 router. The Web Monitor/Usage feature is awesome and reports all visited "Domain Name" accessed ...
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psacct log all Linux users activity
I have psacct service running and trying to capture/log all the Linux users' activity which includes their session start time if they had switched to another user etc.
Below is the script which is ...
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How to stop cron messages getting sent to syslog?
I'm sending logs to a syslog server, but cron logs there are taking up more space than they should (and I don't need to see them). Every hour, I get messages like
starting 0anacron
finished 0anacron
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