Re: reading the log file

Klaus Lemkau <[email protected]> Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:13:59 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.network.openldap.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi
Am 01.04.2010 15:51, schrieb Itay Moav:
> Hi,
>
> I see under /var/lib/ldap the file log.000000001 which seems to be a
> binary file.

That are transaction-logs of the database; see
  http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin24/maintenance.html#Berkeley DB Logs
You should not touch them.

> 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)

normaly You should look in /var/log/syslog
(depending on Your configuration)

see man slapd
=> section logfile and loglevel
and Adminguide
  http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin24/slapdconf2.html

-- Klaus Lemkau
>
> Thanks