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Bug 766904 - [RFE] Create a command line tool to change the debug levels on the fly
Summary: [RFE] Create a command line tool to change the debug levels on the fly
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: sssd
Version: 6.2
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
low
low
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Stephen Gallagher
QA Contact: IDM QE LIST
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 785882 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks: 799039
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-12-12 19:16 UTC by Jenny Severance
Modified: 2020-05-02 16:23 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

Fixed In Version: sssd-1.8.0-2.el6.beta2
Doc Type: Enhancement
Doc Text:
Cause: SSSD would only read its configuration at startup time. This means that the verbosity of the debug logs could only be set at startup time. Consequence: When trying to track down an intermittent error, users would have to leave noisy debug logs enabled for extended periods. A reboot to change the debug level might obscure the problem again for some time until it reoccurred. Change: SSSD added a new command-line tool to change the debug level of live SSSD processes. Result: Users can now change the debug verbosity of the SSSD processes without restarting SSSD.
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Last Closed: 2012-06-20 11:49:32 UTC
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Github SSSD sssd issues 1992 0 None closed Create a command line tool to change the debug levels on the fly 2020-09-01 15:39:09 UTC
Red Hat Knowledge Base (Solution) 415563 0 None None None Never
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2012:0747 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE sssd bug fix and enhancement update 2012-06-19 19:31:43 UTC

Description Jenny Severance 2011-12-12 19:16:16 UTC 
Description of problem:

This idea was mentioned by Stephen on our ML:

https://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/sssd-devel/2011-May/006142.html

We support changing debug levels on the fly when the admin changes the debug_level variable with low level ldb tools. However, this is not user-friendly.

We should create a new command line tool that would change the debug_level value and send SIGHUP to sssd to instrument it to change its debug level. 

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Upstream ticket :: https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/ticket/950
Comment 1 Jenny Severance 2011-12-12 19:24:55 UTC 
related upstream ticket :: https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/ticket/789
Comment 2 Jenny Severance 2012-01-30 20:42:43 UTC 
*** Bug 785882 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Stephen Gallagher 2012-01-30 21:02:20 UTC 
Upstream ticket:
https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/ticket/950
Comment 6 Amith 2012-05-10 07:39:43 UTC 
Verified on sssd-1.8.0-22.el6.x86_64.
Most of the test cases passed during verification. However few issues were found and following bugs are logged:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820362
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820490
Comment 7 Stephen Gallagher 2012-06-12 13:23:23 UTC 
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
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Cause: SSSD would only read its configuration at startup time. This means that the verbosity of the debug logs could only be set at startup time.

Consequence: When trying to track down an intermittent error, users would have to leave noisy debug logs enabled for extended periods. A reboot to change the debug level might obscure the problem again for some time until it reoccurred.

Change: SSSD added a new command-line tool to change the debug level of live SSSD processes.

Result: Users can now change the debug verbosity of the SSSD processes without restarting SSSD.
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2012-06-20 11:49:32 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2012-0747.html
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