Users Guide

To view the logging buer and conguration, use the show logging command in EXEC privilege mode, as shown in the example for
Display the Logging Buer and the Logging Conguration.
To view the logging conguration, use the show running-config logging command in privilege mode, as shown in the example for
Congure a UNIX Logging Facility Level.
Display the Logging Buer and the Logging
Conguration
To display the current contents of the logging buer and the logging settings for the system, use the show logging command in EXEC
privilege mode. When RBAC is enabled, the security logs are ltered based on the user roles. Only the security administrator and system
administrator can view the security logs.
Example of the show logging Command
Dell#show logging
Syslog logging: enabled
Console logging: level debugging
Monitor logging: level debugging
Buffer logging: level debugging, 67 Messages Logged, Size (40960 bytes)
Trap logging: level informational
00:24:05: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console
00:21:23: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console
00:20:46: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console
00:17:38: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %SEC-3-AUTHENTICATION_ENABLE_SUCCESS: Enable authentication success
on console
00:17:38: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %SEC-4-ENABLE_PASSW_NOT_CONFIGURED: Enable password is required for
authentication but not configured (by default from console)
00:00:22: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %SEC-5-LOGIN_SUCCESS: Login successful on console
00:00:20: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %IFMGR-5-OSTATE_UP: Changed interface state to up: Ma 1/1
00:00:20: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %CHMGR-2-SYSTEM_READY: System ready
To view any changes made, use the show running-config logging command in EXEC privilege mode.
Conguring a UNIX Logging Facility Level
You can save system log messages with a UNIX system logging facility.
To congure a UNIX logging facility level, use the following command.
• Specify one of the following parameters.
CONFIGURATION mode
logging facility [facility-type]
• auth (for authorization messages)
• cron (for system scheduler messages)
• daemon (for system daemons)
• kern (for kernel messages)
• local0 (for local use)
• local1 (for local use)
• local2 (for local use)
• local3 (for local use)
• local4 (for local use)
• local5 (for local use)
• local6 (for local use)
• local7 (for local use)
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