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traceoptions (General Authentication Service)

Syntax

traceoptions {file filename <files number> <match regular-expression > <size maximum-file-size> <world-readable | no-world-readable>;flag flag;no-remote-trace;}

Hierarchy Level

[edit system processes general-authentication-service]

Release Information

Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 9.0.

Description

Configure tracing options for the general authentication service.

Options

file filename—Name of the file to receive the output of the tracing operation. All files are placed in the directory /var/log.

files number—(Optional) Maximum number of trace files to create before overwriting the oldest one. If you specify a maximum number of files, you also must specify a maximum file size with the size option.

Range: 2 through 1000

Default: 3 files

flag flag—Tracing operation to perform. To specify more than one tracing operation, include multiple flag statements. You can include the following flags:

  • address-assignment—Trace address-assignment pool events
  • all—Trace all tracing operations
  • configuration—Trace configuration events
  • framework—Trace authentication framework events
  • gx-plus—Trace Gx-Plus events
  • jsrc—Trace JSRC events
  • ldap—Trace LDAP authentication events
  • local-authentication—Trace local authentication events
  • radius—Trace RADIUS authentication events
  • user-access—Trace user access events, such as login, logout, and authenticate.

match regular-expression—(Optional) Refine the output to include lines that contain the regular expression.

no-remote-trace—Disable remote tracing.

no-world-readable—(Optional) Disable unrestricted file access.

size maximum-file-size—(Optional) Maximum size of each trace file. By default, the number entered is treated as bytes. Alternatively, you can include a suffix to the number to indicate kilobytes (KB), megabytes (MB), or gigabytes (GB). If you specify a maximum file size, you also must specify a maximum number of trace files with the files option.

Syntax: sizek to specify KB, sizem to specify MB, or sizeg to specify GB

Range: 10240 through 1073741824

Default: 128 KB

world-readable—(Optional) Enable unrestricted file access.

Required Privilege Level

trace—To view this statement in the configuration.

trace-control—To add this statement to the configuration.

Published: 2013-07-31

Supported Platforms

Published: 2013-07-31