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    • Q
      qwaven
      last edited by

      Hi all,

      I'm assuming I'm just doing this wrong, however I have yet to determine how I can view older logs or search them…etc? I see the following:

      Status –> Systems Logs

      However this only displays the most current stuff up to the number you specified under settings. Is there no way to open up the log files or search through them from the GUI?

      Currently it seems one could just spam my logs to hide something. :P

      Anyway hoping someone can point me in the right direction.

      Thanks for your help!

      Cheers.

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        qwaven
        last edited by

        Is it only possible via syslog?

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        • jimpJ
          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
          last edited by

          You can have the GUI show more entries by setting the number higher on the Settings tab.

          Or you can view from the shell or diagnostics > command, like so:

          clog /var/log/system.log
          

          The logs are a fixed size so old records will fall off the log as new ones are added, but the full amount of available log messages can be viewed that way.

          To see what logs are there, run

          ls -l /var/log/
          

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            dhatz
            last edited by

            @jimp:

            To see what logs are there, run

            ls -l /var/log/system.log

            I think what jimp meant to say was

            ls -la /var/log/*.log

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            • jimpJ
              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
              last edited by

              Close enough, yeah (I edited my post)… meant to erase part of what I had there.

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                qwaven
                last edited by

                Thanks for your replies.

                So to clarify the only way to keep an archive of logs or to see ones likely dated way back when I'll need to view then via external syslog?

                Thanks.

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                • jimpJ
                  jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                  last edited by

                  Yes.

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                    qwaven
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                    Ok thank you for your help.

                    Cheers!

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