General Information on Log Viewer

Use the Log Viewer to browse any of the Firewall log files defined via Log Facilities. Note that you can define the log files by navigating to "Log Facilities" via the following path in the Navigation Tree:
-->System Administration
     -->System Logs
          -->Log Facilities

Filename (Log Viewer)

This field is a combination box that allows you to choose a log file to browse from among those defined via Log Facilities. To access the list of defined files, click on the small button to the right of the field. Note that you may not see all of the files at first because the list may not be positioned from the top. To see all of the files move the arrow up above the combination box. You may also type a file name into this field. The log filename must have an absolute path (beginning with a '/'), and the path to the filename must exist.

Lines to get

Choose the number of lines to access from the firewall log to be displayed in the viewer.

Expand local4 text

Choose "yes" or "no" depending on whether you would like to have the text from the local4 file expanded or not. The default is "yes". The local4 file is used in conjunction with the Report Utilities function. Some of this file is unreadable without a conversion process to interpret its contents. Thus, this field is provided to give you the option of viewing this file in its "raw" state (perhaps for testing purposes) or to have it converted into a human-readable format.

Next

Click "Next" to access the next n lines from the file, with n being the current value of the "Lines to get" field.

Previous (Log Viewer)

Click "Previous" to access the previous n lines from the file, with n being the current value of the "Lines to get" field.

Top (Log Viewer)

Click "Top" to access the first n lines in the file, with n being the current value of the "Lines to get" field.

Bottom (Log Viewer)

Click "Bottom" to access the last n lines in the file, with n being the current value of the "Lines to get" field.

Start at Line

Fill in a line number and click this button to access n lines in the file starting at that line number, with n being the current value of the "Lines to get" field.

Close

Press the "Close" button to eliminate the window from your display.