Re: Logging events to a log file

[Dieter KlÃnter <dieter@dkluenter.de>]

Am Sat, 22 Sep 2012 19:27:19 +0100 (BST)
schrieb Mik J <mikydevel@yahoo.fr>:

> Hello List,
> 
> 
> When I start slapd with the option -d 256 I can see what's happening
> when there's a connection # /usr/local/libexec/slapd -4 -d 256 -u
> _openldap -g _openldap -h ldaps:///
> 
> However I would like to have this in a log file and I added these
> lines to slapd.conf loglevelÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ 256
> logfileÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ /var/log/slapd.log
> But my log file remains empty after I start the server with (without
> -d 256)
> 
> # /usr/local/libexec/slapd -4 -u _openldap -g _openldap -h ldaps:///
> 
> However if I start the server with
> # /usr/local/libexec/slapd -4 -d 256 -u _openldap -g _openldap -h
> ldaps:/// The events display on the screen and in the slapd.log file
> as well. This behavior surprises me, am I missing something ?
> 
> My ldap server version is 2.4.26p0

man slapd(8), read on -d flag, -s flag and -l flag. Furthermore check
your syslog configuration, slapd logs to local4 as default.

-Dieter



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