Working with the Server Log

You can view the contents of the server log file at any time, even while the server configuration is running. To see the entire file, use Notepad, WordPad, or another text editor to display it. To determine the location of a server log file from the Server Administration tool:

Open the Server Administration tool. If you are using the Server Administration tool installed with the client, you can administer remote servers only.
Select the appropriate server configuration from the list of servers. If you have not yet logged on, you will be asked to do so.
Click the Configure Server shortcut or Tools > Administration > Configure Server . These actions display the Configure Server dialog box.
Look at the top of the General tab to find the location of the log file.

To review the contents of a server log file

Open the Server Administration tool. If you are using the Server Administration tool installed with the client, you can administer remote servers only.
Select the appropriate server configuration from the list of servers. If you have not yet logged on, you will be asked to do so.
Click the Server Log shortcut or Tools Administration Server Log. These actions display the Server Log contents.
The format provides a line number, code, date and time, and message. The code numbers are arbitrarily assigned and not necessarily in order of severity. They represent the following:
```
00000001 Message
00000002 Warning
00000004 Error
00000008 Unexpected Condition
```
To display only the errors in the log, select the Errors Only check box.
To review the most recent entries, click Reload.

On Windows systems, you can copy data from the log window to the Windows clipboard. From the clipboard, you can paste the data into other applications, such as Microsoft Word or Notepad.

To copy data from the server log

From the Server Administration tool, click the Accounts bar in the lower left pane and select the Server Log Shortcut.
Select the data that you want to copy.
Press Ctrl + C .
Click OK to exit the dialog.
Using Ctrl + V , paste the information into a text editor or word processing application.
Click File > Print from the menu to print the data.

Any users in the System Managers group, a default, will receive email when an error is logged in the server log. This group is initially empty.