Search Again: Re: Log Issue From: Mitch Kahn Date: Friday, October 13, 2000 Time: 10:27:50 am >At 4:23 PM -0400 10/12/00, Mitch Kahn wrote: >>I know I am doing something wrong. >> >>I just went to my QuickDNS Log for the first time to see what was >>there. Nothing would open the file because it is too large. >> >> How large? 569.5 MB. >> >>What causes it to grow so large ? > >That depends. What's the log level set to, in the server >preferences? If it's set to Debug, that's the culprit right there. Thanks for the info. The file was set to Debug so I changed it to normal. >Do you have either of the WebSTAR plug-ins installed and active? If >so, is it causing error messages in the QuickDNS log? If so, that's >the culprit. > >>What should I set so that it doesn't? > >Open QuickDNS Pro Admin. From the Domain menu, select Server >Preferences. Click on the Logging tab. Set it to Normal or lower. > >>Is there something of value in there (for learning purposes) or >>should I just trash it before it outgrows the tribbles? And, if I >>should read it (or some of it) what can I use to open it? > >It is sometimes useful to set it higher, for short periods. For >example, at Debug level, you can see what happens when the server >queries the root servers for information on the root zone. This can >be useful for diagnosing connectivity problems, though sometimes >interpreting the results can be time consuming. > >Unfortunately, not even BBEdit can open something that large (or so >it would seem from my brief tests). You could probably import it >into FileMaker Pro as a tab delimited text file. By the way the file did open in FileMaker Pro (all 8.5 million records). >-- >____________________________________________________________________ >Chris Buxton Men & Mice >cbuxton@menandmice.com We Make DNS Easy!

Messages In This Thread: Log Issue by Mitch Kahn on Oct 12, 2000 at 1:22:09 pm Re: Log Issue by Men & Mice Support on Oct 12, 2000 at 2:01:14 pm Re: Log Issue by Mitch Kahn on Oct 13, 2000 at 10:27:50 am