Chapter 5 Access Log And Connection Code Reference; Access Log Content - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.1 Configuration Manual

Netscape Directory Server (Directory Server) provides you with logs to help you
monitor directory activity. Monitoring allows you to quickly detect and remedy
failures and where done proactively, anticipate and resolve potential problems
before they result in failure or poor performance. To monitor your directory
effectively, you need to understand the structure and content of your logs.
Note that this chapter does not provide an exhaustive list of error messages.
However, the information presented in this chapter will serve as a a good starting
point for common problems. This chapter includes the following sections:
• Access Log Content (page 189)
• Common Connection Codes (page 201)
• LDAP Result Codes (page 202)

Access Log Content

The Directory Server access log contains detailed information about client
connections to the directory. A connection is a sequence of requests from the same
client with the following structure:
• Connection record which gives the connection index and the IP address of the
client
• Bind record
• Bind result record
• Sequence of operation request/operation result pairs of records (or individual
records in the case of connection, closed and abandon records)
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