More on logfiles.

Guenther

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

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 \frame {
-  \frametitle {Providing log files}
+  \frametitle {Providing log files I}
   \begin {itemize}
     \item {Often huge logs are attached with no info when the issue occured}
     \item {Use the 'date' command to get the time and date!}
@@ -49,6 +49,21 @@
 }
 
 \frame {
+  \frametitle {Providing log files II}
+  When generating logfile(s) containing incident data make sure to have the
+  following parameters set:
+  \begin {itemize}
+    \item {"log level = 10" will record almost everything}
+    \item {"debug timestamp = yes" (default) adds timestamps}
+    \item {"debug pid = yes" adds the process pid to the log}
+    \item {"max log size = 0" will avoid logfile truncation}
+    \item {avoid setting "log file = " as the amount of files is often confusing}
+  \end {itemize}
+  Whenever verbose logfiles have been generated make sure to revert these
+  settings!
+}
+
+\frame {
   \frametitle {Network topology}
   \begin {itemize}
     \item {If you have a special network setup especially with Active Domain controllers