Log Levels (Message Categories) - Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 6.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Log Levels (Message Categories)

For identification and filtering purposes, events logged by all CMS-supported
services are classified into various categories. These are listed in Table 7-2. Each
category represents messages that are of the same or a similar nature or that belong
to a specific functional area.
In the CMS configuration, each message category corresponds to a specific log
level. Log levels are represented by numbers (digits) 1 to 6, each digit indicating
the level of logging to be performed by the server—that is, how detailed the
logging should be.
• A higher priority level (a larger digit) means less detail because only events of
high priority are logged.
• A lower priority level (a smaller digit) means greater detail because more kinds
of events are recorded in the log file.
Table 7-2 Classification of Log Entries or Messages
Log level Message category
0 Debugging
1 Informational
(default selection for
audit log)
2 Warning
3 Failure
(default selection for
system and error logs)
Description
These messages contain debugging information.
Generally, you would not want to set a log to the
debugging level since it would yield far too much
information for normal use.
These messages provide general information about
CMS
the state of . For example, status messages such
as "Certificate Management System initialization
complete" and "Request for operation succeeded"
fall into this category.
These messages are warnings only and do not
indicate any failure in the normal operation of the
server.
These messages indicate errors and failures that
prevent the server from operating normally.
Examples of messages that fall into this category
include failures to perform a certificate service
operation ("User authentication failed" or
"Certificate revoked") and unexpected situations
that can cause irrevocable errors ("The server cannot
send back the request it processed for a client
through the same channel the request came from the
client").
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