Most log files created by Usenet programs reside in the
<pathlog in inn.conf>
directory and have a ``.log'' extension.
Several versions are usually kept with an additional extension such as ``.1'',
``.2'', etc. --- the higher the number, the older the log.
The older versions are compressed.
The
scanlogs
script and related utilities (see
newslog(8))
are responsible for rotating and compressing these files.
Some log files always have data, others only have data if there is a
problem, and others are only created if a particular program is used
or configuration parameter is set.
The
innstat
script (see
newslog(8))
monitors the size of all log files.
The following files will only accumulate data under the direction of
control.ctl(5):
In order to create these files, the ``message'' and ``action'' fields of
control.ctl
should be chosen from the following table:
Message Action Meaning
all log=miscctl Log all messages by default
default log=miscctl Log unknown messages
newgroup doit=newgroup Create group and log message
newgroup log=newgroup Log message
rmgroup doit=rmgroup Remove group and log message
rmgroup log=rmgroup Log message
``other'' doit=miscctl log and process the message
``other'' log=miscctl Log message
Here, ``other'' refers to any other control message such as:
checkgroups
ihave
sendme
sendsys
senduuname
version
The following is a list of log files.
control.log
This file maintains a count of the number of newgroup and rmgroup control
messages seen for each newsgroup.
The count is of the number of control messages with identical
arguments, regardless if they were actually processed.
All control arguments, including invalid ones, are counted.
This file is updated by
tally.control,
which is invoked by
scanlogs
if either the newgroup or rmgroup logs exist.
This file is not rotated.
errlog
This file contains the standard output and standard error of any program
spawned by
innd(8).
The most common programs are the control-message handlers found in
<pathcontrol in inn.conf>.
This file should be empty.
Scanlogs
will print the entire contents of this log file if it is non-empty.
expire.log
By default, when
news.daily
is going to expire old news articles, it writes the date to this file,
followed by any output from
expire(8)
and the ending date.
All lines but the first are indented four spaces.
miscctl.log
When
control.ctl
is configured as described above, all control messages except newgroup
and rmgroup are appended to this file by
writelog.
There will be a summary line describing the message and the action
taken, followed by the article indented by four spaces, and a blank line.
newgroup.log
When
control.ctl
is configured as described above, all newgroup messages are appended
to this file using the same format as for
miscctl.log.
news
This file logs articles received by
innd.
Scanlogs
summarizes the rejected articles reported in this file.
news.crit
All critical error messages issued by
innd
are appended to this file via
syslog(3).
This log file should be empty.
Scanlogs
will print the entire contents of this log file if it is non-empty.
You should have the following line in your
syslog.conf(5)
file. (A typical entry is shown; it should agree with
<pathlog in inn.conf>)
news.crit <pathlog in inn.conf>/news.crit
news.err
All major error messages issued by
innd
are appended to this file via
syslog(3).
This log file should be empty.
Scanlogs
will print the entire contents of this log file if it is non-empty.
You should have the following line in your
syslog.conf(5)
file:
(A typical entry is shown; it should agree with
<pathlog in inn.conf>)
news.err <pathlog in inn.conf>/news.err
news.notice
All standard error messages and status messages issued by
innd
are appended to this file via
syslog(3).
Scanlogs
uses the
perl(1)
script
innreport(8)
to summarize this file.
You should have the following line in your
syslog.conf(5)
file:
(A typical entry is shown; it should agree with
<pathlog in inn.conf>)
news.notice <pathlog in inn.conf>/news.notice
nntpsend.log
The
nntpsend(8)
programs appends all status messages to this file.
rmgroup.log
When
control.ctl
is configured as described above, all rmgroup messages are appended to this
file using the same format as for
miscctl.log.
unwanted.log
This log maintains a count of the number of articles that were rejected
because they were posted to newsgroups that do not exist at the local site.
This file is updated by
tally.unwanted
and maintained in reverse numeric order (the most popular rejected group
first).
This file is not rotated.
HISTORY
Written by Landon Curt Noll <chongo@toad.com> and Rich $alz
<rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews.
This is revision 1.6.6.1, dated 2000/08/17.
