Chapter 2. Core Server Configuration Reference
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2.3.1.44. nsslapd-errorlog-level (Error Log Level)
This attribute sets the level of logging for the Directory Server. The log level is additive; that is,
specifying a value of 3 includes both levels 1 and 2.
The default value for nsslapd-errorlog-level is 16384.
Parameter Description
Entry DN cn=config
Valid Values • 1 — Trace function calls. Logs a message
when the server enters and exits a function.
• 2 — Debug packet handling.
• 4 — Heavy trace output debugging.
• 8 — Connection management.
• 16 — Print out packets sent/received.
• 32 — Search filter processing.
• 64 — Config file processing.
• 128 — Access control list processing.
• 1024 — Log communications with shell
databases.
• 2048 — Log entry parsing debugging.
• 4096 — Housekeeping thread debugging.
• 8192 — Replication debugging.
• 16384 — Default level of logging used for
critical errors and other messages that are
always written to the error log; for example,
server startup messages. Messages at this
level are always included in the error log,
regardless of the log level setting.
• 32768 — Database cache debugging.
• 65536 — Server plug-in debugging. It writes
an entry to the log file when a server plug-in
calls slapi-log-error.
• 131072 — Microsecond resolution for
timestamps instead of the default seconds.
• 262144 — Access control summary
information, much less verbose than level
128. This value is recommended for use when
a summary of access control processing is
