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NAME

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

DESCRIPTION

       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 the total number of pages (sheets) that are printed.  By default,
       each line contains the following information:

           printer user job-id date-time total num-sheets job-billing
             job-originating-host-name job-name media sides

       For example the entry for a two page job called "myjob" might look like:

           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 num-sheets field provides the total number of pages (sheets) 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

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

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