Clear Systems > Log ? (update: redmine + patch submitted)

[luckman212]

My Nexus logs go back to 2026-08-15 and are filled with mostly garbage probably caused by things that have been fixed by now. I'd love to clear this ... not sure how

[provels]

@luckman212 Can do it from the other GUI.

[luckman212]

Ah, somehow I thought this log lived in a separate sqlite db or something. Now I see it's just part of the normal /var/log system logs. So, is it safe to just delete these 2?

/var/log/pfnet-controller-pty.log
/var/log/pfnet-controller.log

[luckman212]

Ok I realized I could hit the little wrench and clear just the Nexus log which is what I wanted.

While I was in there I noticed this little oddity:

[luckman212]

Shows up in the syslogs too...

[luckman212]

I made a little patch for this, redmine 17121

--- a/src/usr/local/www/status_logs_common.inc
+++ b/src/usr/local/www/status_logs_common.inc
@@ -165,25 +165,24 @@
 	}
 }

-
 // Log Table header
 function system_log_table_panel_title() {
 	global $rawfilter, $filtersubmit, $filterlogentries_submit, $filterlog, $nentries;
-	global $allowed_logs, $logfile;
+	global $allowed_logs, $logfile, $log_name;

 	$rtnstr = '';

 	if ($rawfilter) {
 		if (($filtersubmit) || ($filterlogentries_submit)) {
-			$rtnstr .= sprintf(gettext('%1$s Matched %2$s Log Entries.'), "<span id='count'>_ _</span>", gettext($allowed_logs[$logfile]["name"]));
+			$rtnstr .= sprintf(gettext('%1$s Matched %2$s Log Entries.'), "<span id='count'>_ _</span>", $log_name);
 		} else {
-			$rtnstr .= sprintf(gettext('Last %1$s %2$s Log Entries.'), "<span id='count'>_ _</span>", gettext($allowed_logs[$logfile]["name"]));
+			$rtnstr .= sprintf(gettext('Last %1$s %2$s Log Entries.'), "<span id='count'>_ _</span>", $log_name);
 		}
 	} else {
 		if (($filtersubmit) || ($filterlogentries_submit)) {
-			$rtnstr .= sprintf(gettext('%1$d Matched %2$s Log Entries.'), count($filterlog), gettext($allowed_logs[$logfile]["name"]));
+			$rtnstr .= sprintf(gettext('%1$d Matched %2$s Log Entries.'), count($filterlog), $log_name);
 		} else {
-			$rtnstr .= sprintf(gettext('Last %1$d %2$s Log Entries.'), count($filterlog), gettext($allowed_logs[$logfile]["name"]));
+			$rtnstr .= sprintf(gettext('Last %1$d %2$s Log Entries.'), count($filterlog), $log_name);
 		}
 	}

@@ -645,7 +644,7 @@
 		return;
 	}

-	global $logfile, $specific_log, $pconfig, $save_settings, $input_errors, $extra_save_msg, $retval, $changes_applied, $allowed_logs;
+	global $logfile, $log_name, $specific_log, $pconfig, $save_settings, $input_errors, $extra_save_msg, $retval, $changes_applied, $allowed_logs;

 	$changes_applied = false;
 	$filterlog_changed = false;
@@ -823,7 +822,7 @@
 			$changes_applied = true;

 		// If any of the logging settings were changed then backup and sync (standard write_config).  Otherwise only write config (don't backup, don't sync).
-			$log_friendly_name = empty($allowed_logs[$logfile]["name"]) ? $logfile : $allowed_logs[$logfile]["name"];
+			$log_friendly_name = empty($log_name) ? $logfile : $log_name;
 			if ($logging_changed) {
 				write_config($desc = gettext("Log Display Settings Saved: ") . gettext($log_friendly_name), $backup = true, $write_config_only = false);
 				system_syslogd_start();
@@ -865,7 +864,7 @@
 		return;
 	}

-	global $g, $input_errors, $allowed_logs, $logfile, $pconfig;
+	global $g, $input_errors, $allowed_logs, $logfile, $log_name, $pconfig;
 	global $system_logs_manage_log_form_hidden;

 	if ($input_errors) {
@@ -889,7 +888,7 @@
 	$form = new Form(false);
 	$form->setAttribute('id', 'manage-log-form')->addClass('collapse ' . $panel_state);

-	$section = new Form_Section(sprintf(gettext('Manage %1$s Log'), gettext($allowed_logs[$logfile]["name"])), 'manage-log-panel', COLLAPSIBLE|$panel_body_state);
+	$section = new Form_Section(sprintf(gettext('Manage %1$s Log'), $log_name), 'manage-log-panel', COLLAPSIBLE|$panel_body_state);

 	$section->addInput(new Form_StaticText(
 		'',
--- a/src/usr/local/www/status_logs.php
+++ b/src/usr/local/www/status_logs.php
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@
 	}
 }

+$log_name = gettext($allowed_logs[$logfile]["name"]);
+if ($logfile == 'pfnet-controller') {
+	$log_name = html_entity_decode(strip_tags($log_name), ENT_QUOTES | ENT_HTML5);
+}

 // Log Filter Submit - System
 log_filter_form_system_submit();
@@ -107,13 +111,13 @@
 }

 if (in_array($logfile, array('system', 'pfnet-controller', 'gateways', 'routing', 'resolver', 'wireless', 'nginx', 'dmesg.boot', 'watchdogd'))) {
-	$pgtitle = array(gettext("Status"), gettext("System Logs"), gettext("System"), $allowed_logs[$logfile]["name"]);
+	$pgtitle = array(gettext("Status"), gettext("System Logs"), gettext("System"), $log_name);
 	$pglinks = array("", "status_logs.php", "status_logs.php", "@self");
 } elseif (in_array($logfile, array('auth', 'portalauth', 'utx', 'userlog'))) {
-	$pgtitle = array(gettext("Status"), gettext("System Logs"), gettext("Authentication"), $allowed_logs[$logfile]["name"]);
+	$pgtitle = array(gettext("Status"), gettext("System Logs"), gettext("Authentication"), $log_name);
 	$pglinks = array("", "status_logs.php", "status_logs.php", "@self");
 } else {
-	$pgtitle = array(gettext("Status"), gettext("System Logs"), $allowed_logs[$logfile]["name"]);
+	$pgtitle = array(gettext("Status"), gettext("System Logs"), $log_name);
 	$pglinks = array("", "status_logs.php", "@self");
 }

After:

[marcosm]

We'll get that fixed, thanks!