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cupsd-logs(5)                    Apple Inc.                    cupsd-logs(5)

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       cupsd-logs - cupsd log files (access_log, error_log, and page_log)

DESCRIPTION         top

       cupsd(8) normally maintains three log files: access_log to track
       requests that are submitted to the scheduler, error_log to track
       progress and errors, and page_log to track pages that are printed.
       Configuration directives in cupsd.conf(5) and cups-files.conf(5)
       control what information is logged and where it is stored.
   ACCESS LOG FILE FORMAT
       The access_log file lists each HTTP resource that is accessed by a
       web browser or client.  Each line is in an extended version of the
       so-called "Common Log Format" used by many web servers and web
       reporting tools:
           host group user date-time "method resource version" status bytes
             ipp-operation ipp-status
       For example:
           10.0.1.2 - - [01/Dec/2005:21:50:28 +0000] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 317
             CUPS-Get-Printers successful-ok-ignored-or-substituted-attributes
           localhost - - [01/Dec/2005:21:50:32 +0000] "GET /admin HTTP/1.1"
             200 0 - -
           localhost - - [01/Dec/2005:21:50:32 +0000] "POST / HTTP/1.1"
             200 157 CUPS-Get-Printers
             successful-ok-ignored-or-substituted-attributes
           localhost - - [01/Dec/2005:21:50:32 +0000] "POST / HTTP/1.1"
             200 1411 CUPS-Get-Devices -
           localhost - - [01/Dec/2005:21:50:32 +0000] "GET /admin HTTP/1.1"
             200 6667 - -
       The host field will normally only be an IP address unless you have
       enabled the HostNameLookups directive in the cupsd.conf file or if
       the IP address corresponds to your local machine.
       The group field always contains "-".
       The user field is the authenticated username of the requesting user.
       If no username and password is supplied for the request then this
       field contains "-".
       The date-time field is the date and time of the request in local time
       and is in the format "[DD/MON/YYYY:HH:MM:SS +ZZZZ]".
       The method field is the HTTP method used: "GET", "HEAD", "OPTIONS",
       "POST", or "PUT".  "GET" requests are used to get files from the
       server, both for the web interface and to get configuration and log
       files.  "HEAD" requests are used to get information about a resource
       prior to a "GET".  "OPTIONS" requests are used to upgrade connections
       to TLS encryption.  "POST" requests are used for web interface forms
       and IPP requests.  "PUT" requests are used to upload configuration
       files.
       The resource field is the filename of the requested resource.
       The version field is the HTTP specification version used by the
       client.  For CUPS clients this will always be "HTTP/1.1".
       The status field contains the HTTP result status of the request, as
       follows:
            200  Successful operation.
            201  File created/modified successfully.
            304  The requested file has not changed.
            400  Bad HTTP request; typically this means that you have a
                 malicious program trying to access your server.
            401  Unauthorized, authentication (username + password) is
                 required.
            403  Access is forbidden; typically this means that a client
                 tried to access a file or resource they do not have
                 permission to access.
            404  The file or resource does not exist.
            405  URL access method is not allowed; typically this means you
                 have a web browser using your server as a proxy.
            413  Request too large; typically this means that a client tried
                 to print a file larger than the MaxRequestSize allows.
            426  Upgrading to TLS-encrypted connection.
            500  Server error; typically this happens when the server is
                 unable to open/create a file - consult the error_log file
                 for details.
            501  The client requested encryption but encryption support is
                 not enabled/compiled in.
            505  HTTP version number not supported; typically this means
                 that you have a malicious program trying to access your
                 server.
       The bytes field contains the number of bytes in the request.  For
       POST requests the bytes field contains the number of bytes of non-IPP
       data that is received from the client.
       The ipp-operation field contains either "-" for non-IPP requests or
       the IPP operation name for POST requests containing an IPP request.
       The ipp-status field contains either "-" for non-IPP requests or the
       IPP status code name for POST requests containing an IPP response.
   ERROR LOG FILE FORMAT
       The error_log file lists messages from the scheduler - errors,
       warnings, etc. The LogLevel directive in the cupsd.conf(5) file
       controls which messages are logged:
           level date-time message
       For example:
           I [20/May/1999:19:18:28 +0000] [Job 1] Queued on 'DeskJet' by 'mike'.
           D [20/May/1999:19:18:28 +0000] [Job 1] argv[0]="DeskJet"
           D [20/May/1999:19:18:28 +0000] [Job 1] argv[1]="1"
           D [20/May/1999:19:18:28 +0000] [Job 1] argv[2]="mike"
           D [20/May/1999:19:18:28 +0000] [Job 1] argv[3]="myjob"
           D [20/May/1999:19:18:28 +0000] [Job 1] argv[4]="1"
           D [20/May/1999:19:18:28 +0000] [Job 1] argv[5]="media=
             na_letter_8.5x11in sides=one-sided"
           D [20/May/1999:19:18:28 +0000] [Job 1] argv[6]="/var/spool/cups/
             d000001-001"
           I [20/May/1999:19:21:02 +0000] [Job 2] Queued on 'DeskJet' by 'mike'.
           I [20/May/1999:19:22:24 +0000] [Job 2] Canceled by 'mike'.
       The level field contains the type of message:
       A    Alert message (LogLevel alert)
       C    Critical error message (LogLevel crit)
       D    Debugging message (LogLevel debug)
       d    Detailed debugging message (LogLevel debug2)
       E    Normal error message (LogLevel error)
       I    Informational message (LogLevel info)
       N    Notice message (LogLevel notice)
       W    Warning message (LogLevel warn)
       X    Emergency error message (LogLevel emerg)
       The date-time field contains the date and time of when the page
       started printing. The format of this field is identical to the data-
       time field in the access_log file.
       The message field contains a free-form textual message.  Messages
       from job filters are prefixed with "[Job NNN]" where "NNN" is the job
       ID.
   PAGE LOG FILE FORMAT
       The page_log file lists each page or group of pages that are sent to
       a printer.  By default, each line contains the following information:
           printer user job-id date-time page-number num-copies job-billing
             job-originating-host-name job-name media sides
           printer user job-id date-time total num-impressions job-billing
             job-originating-host-name job-name media sides
       For example the entries for a two page job called "myjob" might look
       like:
           DeskJet root 1 [20/May/1999:19:21:05 +0000] 1 1 acme-123
             localhost myjob na_letter_8.5x11in one-sided
           DeskJet root 1 [20/May/1999:19:21:05 +0000] 2 1 acme-123
             localhost myjob na_letter_8.5x11in one-sided
           DeskJet root 1 [20/May/1999:19:21:06 +0000] total 2 acme-123
             localhost myjob na_letter_8.5x11in one-sided
       The PageLogFormat directive in the cupsd.conf(5) file can be used to
       change this information.
       The printer field contains the name of the printer that printed the
       page.  If you send a job to a printer class, this field will contain
       the name of the printer that was assigned the job.
       The user field contains the name of the user (the IPP requesting-
       user-name attribute) that submitted this file for printing.
       The job-id field contains the job number of the page being printed.
       The date-time field contains the date and time of when the page
       started printing.  The format of this field is identical to the data-
       time field in the access_log file.
       The page-number and num-copies fields contain the page number and
       number of copies being printed of that page.  For printers that
       cannot produce copies on their own, the num-copies field will always
       be 1.
       Lines containing the keyword "total" have a num-impressions field
       instead which provides the total number of impressions (sides) that
       have been printed on for the job.
       The job-billing field contains a copy of the job-billing or job-
       account-id attributes provided with the IPP Create-Job or Print-Job
       requests or "-" if neither was provided.
       The job-originating-host-name field contains the hostname or IP
       address of the client that printed the job.
       The job-name field contains a copy of the job-name attribute provided
       with the IPP Create-Job or Print-Job requests or "-" if none was
       provided.
       The media field contains a copy of the media or media-col/media-size
       attribute provided with the IPP Create-Job or Print-Job requests or
       "-" if none was provided.
       The sides field contains a copy of the sides attribute provided with
       the IPP Create-Job or Print-Job requests or "-" if none was provided.

SEE ALSO         top

       cupsd(8), cupsd.conf(5), cups-files.conf(5), CUPS Online Help
       (http://localhost:631/help)

COPYRIGHT         top

       Copyright © 2007-2017 by Apple Inc.

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11 June 2014                        CUPS                       cupsd-logs(5)