Re: reading the log file

On Thu, 1 Apr 2010, Itay Moav wrote:

> I see under /var/lib/ldap the file log.000000001 which seems to be a binary file.
> How do I read it, or is there a different way to see a log of what the server does (something like the mysql.log)

Those are Berkeley DB transaction logs; they're not a good indicator of 
slapd activity. Read the slapd.conf(5) man page, paying particular 
attention to the loglevel directive.