4.2.2 Output Settings

Option: termlevel level

This is a logging level for syslogd or a terminal (if using the ‘--foreground’ command line option). level can be one of the following:

normal

Only errors are logged. This is the default level.

verbose

Produce more diagnostic output.

debug

Produce debugging output.

silent

Do not log anything.

This command may be used only in system configuration file.

Option: logfile file-name

This command specifies an additional file, where GNU Anubis can log its information, but only those information available for a client. Only in user configuration file. For example:

logfile "anubis.log"

This will log to the ‘~/anubis.log’ file in a client's home directory.

Option: loglevel level

This option specifies an output level for an additional file (‘logfile’). It can be used only in user configuration file. level is one of the following:

none

fails

all

Option: tracefile yes-or-no

Option: tracefile file-name

This option instructs anubis to log the execution of tests and actions from the RULE sections. This is useful for debugging the configuration files.

When this option is used in the system-wide configuration file, only its first form is allowed. Using ‘tracefile yes’ enables logging of the actions and tests to the default syslog channel. Using ‘tracefile no’ disables it.

When used in the user configuration file, a filename is allowed as an argument to this option. This allows you to explicitly specify to which file the tracing output should go. Otherwise, using ‘tracefile yes’ enables logging to the same file as ‘logfile’ (if possible).

Option: HANG delay

Do not use this option, unless you are developing or debugging Anubis! This option instructs a child process to hang for the given number of seconds. Before hanging, the process will issue the following diagnostic message, no matter what the settings of termlevel variable were:

Child process suspended for delay seconds

This option is useful for Anubis developers who wish to attach to a child process with debugger. After attaching, set the variable _anubis_hang to zero to continue processing. It is useful to add the following statement to your ‘.gdbinit’ file:

set variable _anubis_hang=0

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