I think there's a socket appender available that will allow you to send back to one of your machines. Still some elbow grease required, I imagine.
-----Original Message----- From: Propes, Barry L [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 10:54 AM To: Log4J Users List Subject: RE: Logging - What good is it ? wow! Your setup sounds worse than mine! I didn't think that was possible! Can those guys share out that ONE directory for you to see? I feel your pain, whereever you are. -----Original Message----- From: Slaughter, Stan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 10:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Logging - What good is it ? We use log4j in a Tomcat web application to log messages to catalina.out. This works great in development, but in our production system we (the developers) are not allowed access to the catalina.out log file. So, what good is logging debug messages if you can't view the messages when you need to the most, like when the app crashes in production ? (yes - it makes no sense to me either). Hence, my question: What is the most straight forward way to view the log file remotely ? I have no idea (and no control) on what the remote production servers name will be, but I do know the url so I am looking for a web based answere. Something with the minimum functionality of 'tail -f catalina.out' would do. Can Chainsaw be configured in some way? Can log4j be modified to broadcast to a specific port on a web server? Any third party viewers - aka - like a Lambda Probe 'lite'? One that just allows for log file viewing. My boss-people will not allow Lambda Probe to be installed in production as it allows too much control (ie developer grunts should not be able to stop/start the tomcat instances in production). P.S. Do to internal departmental structuring/politics and development costs; logging to a database is not an option. Stan Slaughter ----------------------------------------- The information in this message may be proprietary and/or confidential, and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify First Data immediately by replying to this message and deleting it from your computer. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
