Connection Number; File Descriptor; Slot Number - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.01 Configuration Manual

Access Log Content
Code Example 5-1
[21/Apr/2001:11:39:53 -0700] conn=13 op=2 RESULT err=0 tag=105
nentries=0 etime=0 csn=3b4c8cfb000000030000
[21/Apr/2001:11:39:53 -0700] conn=13 op=3 EXT
oid="2.16.840.1.113730.3.5.5"
[21/Apr/2001:11:39:53 -0700] conn=13 op=3 RESULT err=0 tag=120
nentries=0 etime=0
[21/Apr/2001:11:39:53 -0700] conn=13 op=4 UNBIND
[21/Apr/2001:11:39:53 -0700] conn=13 op=4 fd=659 closed - U1
[21/Apr/2001:11:39:55 -0700] conn=14 fd=700 slot=700 connection
from 207.1.153.51 to 192.18.122.139
[21/Apr/2001:11:39:55 -0700] conn=14 op=0 BIND dn="" method=sasl
version=3 mech=DIGEST-MD5
[21/Apr/2001:11:39:55 -0700] conn=14 op=0 RESULT err=14 tag=97
nentries=0 etime=0, SASL bind in progress
[21/Apr/2001:11:39:55 -0700] conn=14 op=1 BIND
dn="uid=coulbeck,dc=example,dc=com" method=sasl version=3
mech=DIGEST-MD5
[21/Apr/2001:11:39:55 -0700] conn=14 op=1 RESULT err=0 tag=97
nentries=0 etime=0 dn="uid=coulbeck,dc=example,dc=com"
[21/Apr/2001:11:39:55 -0700] conn=14 op=2 UNBIND
[21/Apr/2001:11:39:53 -0700] conn=14 op=2 fd=700 closed - U1

Connection Number

Every external LDAP request is listed with an incremental connection number, in
this case
Internal LDAP requests are not recorded in the access log by default. To activate
the logging of internal access operations, specify access logging level 4 on the
nsslapd-accesslog-level

File Descriptor

Every connection from an external LDAP client to Directory Server requires a file
descriptor, or socket descriptor from the operating system in this case
fd=608
available file descriptors which was used.

Slot Number

The slot number, in this case
the same meaning as file descriptor. Ignore this part of the access log.
178 Netscape Directory Server Configuration, Command, and File Reference • January 2002
Access Log Extract with Default Access Logging Level (level 256)
or
conn=11 conn=28,
indicates that it was file descriptor number 608 out of the total pool of
starting at
conn=0
configuration attribute.
, is a legacy part of the access log which has
slot=608
immediately after server startup.
fd=608.