DfsgwLog
Purpose
Log file that contains messages generated by the Gateway Server process of the NFS/DFS Secure Gateway
Description
The DfsgwLog file contains messages generated by the Gateway Server
(dfsgwd) process. The Gateway Server process runs on machines configured as DFS clients to allow users to authenticate to DCE from NFS clients.
If the DfsgwLog file does not already exist when the Gateway Server process starts, the process creates the file in the directory named dcelocal/var/dfs/adm. After the file exists, the process appends messages to it. If the file exists when the Gateway Server process starts, the process moves the current version of the file to the DfsgwLog.old file in the same directory (overwriting the current DfsgwLog.old file if it exists) before creating a new version to which to append messages.
The process can write different types of output to the file, depending on the actions it performs and any problems it encounters. The file can be viewed with the bos getlog command. Because it is an ASCII file, it can also be viewed with the more command (or a similar command appropriate to the local operating system), which requires read (r) permission on the file.
Events are recorded in the log file only at their completion, so the process does not use the file to reconstruct failed operations. However, the contents of the log file can help in evaluating server process failures and other problems.
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