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| author | Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> | 2022-05-04 15:35:24 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> | 2022-05-04 15:35:24 +0200 |
| commit | 9959fdb2e8ddd06f2161798ca0a39c77d67c652d (patch) | |
| tree | 2ce24a336d2b1c5fd5dec3090db312eded6c78ba /docs/api/html/NetworkManager.conf.html | |
| parent | 8c623dddbdebe354cb94bfc559a5371a14865317 (diff) | |
New upstream version 1.37.92 upstream/1.37.92
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diff --git a/docs/api/html/NetworkManager.conf.html b/docs/api/html/NetworkManager.conf.html index 6e4b0b37..15dfe367 100644 --- a/docs/api/html/NetworkManager.conf.html +++ b/docs/api/html/NetworkManager.conf.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ <link rel="up" href="manpages.html" title="Part I. Manual Pages"> <link rel="prev" href="NetworkManager.html" title="NetworkManager"> <link rel="next" href="NetworkManager-dispatcher.html" title="NetworkManager-dispatcher"> -<meta name="generator" content="GTK-Doc V1.33.0 (XML mode)"> +<meta name="generator" content="GTK-Doc V1.33.1 (XML mode)"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css"> </head> <body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"> @@ -611,9 +611,37 @@ unmanaged-devices=mac:00:22:68:1c:59:b1;mac:00:1E:65:30:D1:C4;interface-name:eth <div class="refsect1"> <a name="id-1.2.3.10"></a><h2> <code class="literal">logging</code> section</h2> -<p>This section controls NetworkManager's logging. Any - settings here are overridden by the <code class="option">--log-level</code> - and <code class="option">--log-domains</code> command-line options.</p> +<p> + This section controls NetworkManager's logging. + Logging is very important to understand what NetworkManager is doing. + When you report a bug, do not unnecessarily filter or limit the log file. + Just enable <code class="literal">level=TRACE</code> and <code class="literal">domains=ALL</code> + to collect everything. + </p> +<p> + Any settings here are overridden by the <code class="option">--log-level</code> + and <code class="option">--log-domains</code> command-line options. + Logging can also be reconfigured at runtime with + <span class="command"><strong>nmcli general logging level "$LEVEL" domains "$DOMAINS"</strong></span>. + However, often it is interesting to get a complete log from the + start. Especially, when debugging an issue, enable debug logging + in NetworkManager.conf and restart the service to enable verbose logging + early on. + </p> +<p> + NetworkManager's logging aims not to contain private sensitive data + and you should be fine sharing the debug logs. Still, there will + be IP addresses and your network setup, if you consider that private + then review the log before sharing. Do not mangle the logfile in + a way that distorts the meaning too much. + </p> +<p> + NetworkManager uses syslog or systemd-journald, depending on configuration. + In any case, debug logs are verbose and might be rate limited + or filtered by the logging daemon. For systemd-journald, see + <code class="literal">RateLimitIntervalSec</code> and <code class="literal">RateLimitBurst</code> + in <code class="literal">journald.conf</code> manual for how to disable that. + </p> <p> </p> <div class="variablelist"><table border="0" class="variablelist"> @@ -624,22 +652,37 @@ unmanaged-devices=mac:00:22:68:1c:59:b1;mac:00:1E:65:30:D1:C4;interface-name:eth <tbody> <tr> <td><p><span class="term"><code class="varname">level</code></span></p></td> -<td><p>The default logging verbosity level. +<td> +<p>The default logging verbosity level. One of <code class="literal">OFF</code>, <code class="literal">ERR</code>, <code class="literal">WARN</code>, <code class="literal">INFO</code>, - <code class="literal">DEBUG</code>, <code class="literal">TRACE</code>. The ERR - level logs only critical errors. WARN logs warnings that may - reflect operation. INFO logs various informational messages that - are useful for tracking state and operations. DEBUG enables - verbose logging for debugging purposes. TRACE enables even more - verbose logging then DEBUG level. Subsequent levels also log - all messages from earlier levels; thus setting the log level - to INFO also logs error and warning messages.</p></td> + <code class="literal">DEBUG</code>, <code class="literal">TRACE</code>, + in order of verbosity. + </p> +<p> + <code class="literal">OFF</code> disables all logging. <code class="literal">INFO</code> + is the default verbosity for regular operation. <code class="literal">TRACE</code> + is for debugging. + </p> +<p> + The other levels are in most cases not useful. For example, <code class="literal">DEBUG</code> + is between <code class="literal">TRACE</code> and <code class="literal">INFO</code>, but it's too + verbose for regular operation and lacks possibly interesting messages for debugging. + Almost always, when debugging an issue or reporting a bug, collect full + level <code class="literal">TRACE</code> logs to get the full picture. + </p> +</td> </tr> <tr> <td><p><span class="term"><code class="varname">domains</code></span></p></td> <td> -<p>The following log domains are available: +<p>Filter the messages by their topic. When debugging + an issue, it's better to collect all logs (<code class="literal">ALL</code> domain) + upfront. The unnecessary parts can always be ignored + later. + </p> +<p>In the uncommon case to tune out certain topics, the following log + domains are available: PLATFORM, RFKILL, ETHER, WIFI, BT, MB, DHCP4, DHCP6, PPP, WIFI_SCAN, IP4, IP6, AUTOIP4, DNS, VPN, SHARING, SUPPLICANT, AGENTS, SETTINGS, SUSPEND, CORE, DEVICE, OLPC, WIMAX, @@ -650,7 +693,11 @@ unmanaged-devices=mac:00:22:68:1c:59:b1;mac:00:1E:65:30:D1:C4;interface-name:eth ALL, DEFAULT, DHCP, IP.</p> <p>You can specify per-domain log level overrides by adding a colon and a log level to any domain. E.g., - "<code class="literal">WIFI:DEBUG,WIFI_SCAN:OFF</code>".</p> + "<code class="literal">WIFI:DEBUG,WIFI_SCAN:OFF</code>". + Another example is <code class="literal">ALL,VPN_PLUGIN:TRACE</code> + to enable all the logging there is (see about <code class="literal">VPN_PLUGIN</code> + below). + </p> </td> </tr> <tr> @@ -1794,6 +1841,6 @@ interface-name:vboxnet*,except:interface-name:vboxnet2 </div> </div> <div class="footer"> -<hr>Generated by GTK-Doc V1.33.0</div> +<hr>Generated by GTK-Doc V1.33.1</div> </body> </html> \ No newline at end of file |