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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How to Forward Windows Print Log to Syslog
I want to collect logs from various machine (windows and linux) to a centralized log server. The log server has been configured and is listening on port 514 tcp and udp for log in syslog protocol.
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How to do a bulk delete or replace
How to do a massive replace or delete (44k+ lines) with the below:
Line 238440: <FLTR>
Line 238441: <FLTR>
Line 238442: <FLTR>
Line 238443: <FLTR>
Line 238444: <FLTR>
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What are the command line parameters (options) for Microsoft's CMTRACE tool?
The CMTRACE tool is included in Microsoft's System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Toolkit.
It's a reasonably good tail tool. One of its downsides, however, is that it can take a very long time ...
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How to avoid using IPv6 `::1` when sending a syslog message via `logger` to `localhost`
When using logger -n localhost -port 12345 ... I realized that logger is using IPv6 when creating the socket.
Unfortunately my syslog server listens on IPv4 only.
The work-around I found was to use ...
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Windows update LOGGING is affecting my internet connection - what can I do?
I have Comodo installed on my system and make use of it's HIPS system. I have removed every vendor from the 'trusted vendors' list so it's treats Microsoft as 'untrusted' and notifies me every time MS ...
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Automatically switch to new rotated log
On debian I monitor nginx logs with tail command:
tail -f /var/log/nginx/access.log
but since at midnight access.log is rotated (access.log is renamed as access.log.1 and new access.log is created), ...
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How to Stop Spring boot applications console logs in var/log/messages file
We're using spring boot applications and log4j2 for logging. We have specified the log path for logging console(application) logs in certain path and it is working. But the same console logs are ...
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Rsyslog Mysql Connection
I'm using central log collector for rsyslog and My customer want to see there log in mysql. I'm doing config like that but this line is adding all log in mysql. We want to keep all log in file but we ...
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analyzing apache logs in production
I am analyzing apache logs for errors regularly. My go to tools are tail and some combination of cat and grep. The process is no where near optimal. For example, it is hard to see where a new error ...
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Asus laptop Win10: Are there protocols that show when the computer went to Sleep? [duplicate]
According to my default settings, it goes into Sleep Mode after 30 minutes of inactivity when plugged in, and 15 minutes when on battery.
However, on rare occasions, it doesn't go to Sleep and still ...
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How to transform a Logs-Based Metric label and the Google Cloud system timestamp (or user timestamp from a label) into a time series chart in Grafana?
I want to see a simple time series with the value of the label in a Grafana Time Series panel, and as input I use a Logs-Based Metric (LBM) that has the rows_count of a csv in it each day.
Since the ...
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How to show a label of the last log from Google Cloud Platform's "Logs-Based Metrics" instead as a value (!) in Grafana? How a second last one?
I am passing a csv from one server to the other and add the number of rows to the logs by logging a jsonPayload with gcloud_logger.log_struct(....
I created Google Cloud Platform Logs-Based Metrics ...
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Kerberos stopped logging
Yesterday my krb5kdc.log and kadmind.log stopped logging.
Kerberos is still running though.
I noticed the krb5kdc.log is now sitting at a huge 3.5GB and I'd like to clean it but since this is a ...
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Logrotate - process entire /var/log/ folder for *.log files - olddir output needs to retain the filesystem structure
Currently I have an entry in logrotate for every single device talking back to the rsyslog server.
/var/log/remotelogs/10.1.100.10/*.log
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rotate 90
daily
missingok
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MobaXterm - Why is my LOG filename shows "localhost" instead of my hostname when establishing an SSH session?
I'm quite new with MobaXterm. For each SSH session that I open to a given host, I want to log the terminal output to an individual file whose filename includes the given hostname + timestamp. I have ...
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Continue ddrescue from a corrupted log file
I ran ddrescue a few days ago in my 180GB partition, but after 3 days (and 99.91 % rescue and in phase 3 the last time I check) the system frozen, so I power off the computer by keeping pressed the ...
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ufw logs BLOCKS from 2 sites while BLOCK logging is completely disabled for ALL sites
Logging is enabled. Only allow rules are logged. The very last line of my firewall rules is:
Anywhere DENY Anywhere
No logging is asked for, however two IPs repeatedly show ...
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How do i see which files were repaired by SFC (systems file check)? The CBS.Log doesn't have any details on the name of the files
My windows 10 crashed during gaming with 0xc000021a BSOD, i decided to ran sfc /scannow . It said that it
had found corrupt files and successfully repaired them. Details are
included in the CBS.Log %...
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Windows hardware changes detection
Can I detect the time when ram removed / stolen from a laptop?
It was 8GiB and became 4GiB.
The OS is windows 10.
I am sure the ram picked off, but i want to know when.
I tried Event viewer and ...
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Why is my Snort not logging anything, or creating snort.log files?
I have Snort configured on my virtual Ubuntu machine and have been stuck on this issue I'm having regarding snort log files. I run the command to run Snort on my capfle.
snort -c /etc/snort/snort.conf ...
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No space left on device message persists after moving files out [duplicate]
Due to a bug of evince-thumbnailer, the file /var/log/messages and 2 others have grown 2GB big until they have filled up my root directory.
I have tried the following just to free space before curing ...
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Is my system vulnerable to Log4Shell vulnerability?
I'm an end user with Windows 11. I don't have JDK or JRE installed. Is my machine vulnerable to log4j exploits? If so, how is the exploit possible?
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How to use Get-WinEvent to get all information between a specific time period?
Some background
I am encountering some crash and freeze issues I want to get a better handle on. For this, I want to investigate all available event & log information for a specific time period.
I ...
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Terminal:DBUS on Access Log
I'm using an ONU-router combo from ISP.
The action from DBUS keeps appearing on Access Log:
[Warning]Terminal:DBUS,Sour:324,Cmd:GetNeighbourApNum
Is this a normal function for a Wireless-router, ...
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Move System logging location but keep it as backup
I want to move the location of my logfiles to an external drive because the write operations are killing the flash memory of the Raspberry SD card. I know I can change the location of most files in ...
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Get "Pointer location" in adb logcat using filter
I have Samsung Galaxy Watch4 and need to automate tapping and swiping in app.
I can't see the X, Y when enabling "Pointer location" on the watch.
How can I filter (adb logcat logs) to show ...
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Diagnosing a sudden, uncommanded powerdown (Debian)
My desktop had developed a strange habit this morning: shortly after starting up and logging in, it shutdown very suddenly. There was a mechanical noise like a relay opening, the fan spun down, though ...
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Log to file the memory usage (Private Bytes) of a process
I have a process that I'm monitoring, using Process Explorer. I'm periodically viewing the Private Bytes Performance Graph. I can't check the graph overnight, but I'd like a record of its memory ...
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What are the "setup" Events in Windows Event Viewer Logging?
I'm getting more familiar with the Windows Event Viewer for a recent IT job, and I'm unsure about what "setup" events are being logged in the Windows Event Viewer.
The MS documentation says ...
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Why does Samsung Magician write so much data
I've installed a Samsung SSD recently and have been keeping an eye on the total data written from the Magician dashboard (7.0.0.510). In doing so over the past few days I've notice it jumping about 20 ...
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console.log (Marketo Munchkin) appeared on my drive
I hope this is the right place for this question, help me if not!
I just noticed that in my root folder on my E: drive, which is NOT my system (Windows 10) partition where programs are installed but ...
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Debian 10 - OpenSSH-Server How to redirect user login info to a different logins file?
Debian 10 + OPENSSH-SERVER 7.9
I have a remote server that connect to my local server every minutes and in the local server's syslog, every minute I have:
Oct 11 18:22:01 localhost systemd[1]: Started ...
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is there some way to show the BIOS log when we start the PC? for instantaneous diagnostics
(First of all, I could not open the BIOS setup!)
Today I could not boot my desktop PC.
People everywhere talking about RAM, cables, PSU etc. This just feels bad, like why sometimes we do not get a ...
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Simple rsync log: transfer errors + number of transferred files
I am setting up an hourly rsync job and want a simple log for that job. If the rsync succeeds without errors, I would only like the following line to be added to the log
[TIMESTAMP] [X] files ...
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Windows 10, how can I find out what ran a powershell script at a certain time
I have a blocked powershell.exe writing to a protected folder. is there any log that can tell me what triggered the powershell.exe? i have the timestamp of when it was blocked.
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Windows Server 2016 not writing events to Security Event Log
I have two computers inside an Active Directory domain (one of which is the secondary Domain Controller) which stopped logging Security events last March and April respectively.
Other Event Logs (...
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Daily log file on windows while creating segmented mp4 file
I'm using FFMPEG on Windows for segmented MP4 files.
The program works 24/7.
I would like make a daily log file.
Is possible?
Thanks in advance.
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How to Log Daily Data Use by Process & IP? (Win10)
I need something like peerblock, or Windows' built in Resource Monitor, but with bandwidth logging capability, so I can keep track of how much data is going out to WAN IPs for a certain process each ...
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Per-user time logging on Linux
Recently I became aware of how much time I spend on electronics, so I installed a screen time app on my phone. This shows me the amount of time I spend each day on my phone overall as well as the ...
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How to understand the LogFormat directive in the apache2.conf configuration file?
In the comments before the LogFormat directive is used the following is written:
# The following directives define some format nicknames for use with
# a CustomLog directive.
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How can I see the history of the NordVPN servers I've connected with?
I'd like to see the history of the NordVPN servers (IPs, not just the area) I've connected with in the NordVPN desktop program. I use the latest version of the NordVPN desktop program (6.38.15.0) with ...
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Debugging a complete freeze on Ubuntu 20.04 using a custom 5.13 kernel
I recently assembled a new PC with:
Motherboard: MSI B560M
CPU: Intel 10700K
On first boot, there was no display. I later figured out that the 5.8 ppa kernel with Ubuntu 20.04 did not support the ...
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How to get the true textual verbose "No GUI boot + OS boot information" working again in Windows 10?
I find myself frequently needing much more information at Windows 10 startup than what we can seem to coax out of it now. It used to be possible to go into msconfig and select some options to get the ...
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Does Tailscale log the IPs of devices which are connected on your account?
I know a lot of VPNs say they don’t log IPs, but then have other situations internally. I’m not even sure entirely how Tailscale works on the server-side, does one device connect to Tailscale servers ...
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How to export data from the finch IRC client to a text file?
In reference to:
Getting a list of the ops for an IRC channel
I'm using finch, the console variant for the pidgin client.
When running a command like /names might not there be a handy "export to ...
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Log uptime/downtime, win10
I'm currently having a issue with my WAN, my LAN never goes down but my WAN seems to lose connection every 30minutes (roughly). I'm wondering if there is a way to log the times automatically like ...
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Can we call a function inside a log rotation process on an Ubuntu machine?
I need to call only a date expiry check function inside a log rotation process on daily basis. Can we do that ?? Kindly help me with this as I am new to job rotation and cron job scheduling. Thanks in ...
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Windows Event Viewer: can't find user-started programs
My problem is as simple as it may look from the beginning. I want to see what programs have been initialized by using the Windows Event Viewer, but the log everybody tells me to use (Security logs, ...
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How to disable console log at the login prompt screen
My system uses grub2 and systemd, and I do not start WM by default. After the system startup and stopped at the login prompt, it will show some kernel log information.
Some people say I need to change ...
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Configuring journald.service to log its own debug_log messages
I have a Linux server that is rotating its logs every hour or so, and I'd like to understand why.
I noticed that journald itself contains debug logging, like this, that might explain it. But I checked ...
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