Table 5-4 Error log levels (continued)

Setting

Console name

Description

8

Connection management

Logs the current connection status, including the connection

 

 

methods used for a SASL bind.

 

 

 

16

Packets sent/received

Print out the numbers of packets sent and received by the

 

 

server.

 

 

 

32

Search filter processing

Logs all the functions called by a search operation.

 

 

 

64

Config file processing

Prints any .conf configuration files used with the server,

 

 

line by line, when the server is started. By default, only

 

 

slapd-collations.confis available and processed.

 

 

 

128

Access control list processing

 

 

 

 

2048

Log entry parsing.

Logs schema parsing debugging information.

 

 

 

4096

Housekeeping

Housekeeping thread debugging.

 

 

 

8192

Replication

Logs detailed information about every replication-related

 

 

operation, including updates and errors, which is important

 

 

for debugging replication problems.

 

 

 

16384

Default

Default level of logging used for critical errors and other

 

 

messages that are always written to the error log, such as

 

 

server startup messages. Messages at this level are always

 

 

included in the error log, regardless of the log level setting.

 

 

 

32768

Entry cache

Database entry cache debugging.

 

 

 

65536

Plug-ins

Writes an entry to the log file when a server plug-in calls

 

 

slapi-log-error

 

 

, so this is used for server plug-in debugging.

 

 

 

131072

 

Microsecond resolution for timestamps instead of the default

 

 

seconds. This cannot be enabled in the Directory Server

 

 

Console.

 

 

 

262144

Access control summary

Summarizes information about access to the server, much

 

 

less verbose than level 128. This value is recommended for

 

 

use when a summary of access control processing is needed.

 

 

Use 128 for very detailed processing messages.

 

 

 

5.2.2 Error log content

The error log format is simpler than the access log entries. It is also more flexible because the kind of information returned depends on the service or operation which is writing the log entry. Generally, error log entries contain the following elements:

•A timestamp, such as [05/Aug/2009:02:27:22 -0500]. The ending four digits, -0500, indicate the time difference in relation to GMT.

•The plug-in being called, for internal operations.

•Functions called by the plug-in, for internal operations.

•Messages returned by the plug-in or operation, which may include LDAP error codes, connection information, or entry information.

Frequently, the messages for an operation appear on multiple lines of the log, but these are not identified with a connection number or operation number.

Example 5-3 “Error log excerpt” shows excerpts from an error log at the default logging level, which includes some task information, critical errors, and server startup messages.

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