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Chapter 7: Managing the Timbuktu Host
Timbuktu also supports centralized logging for all the Timbuktu computers on your network: the NT
Event Log Server allows you to copy information about Timbuktu events from your Windows Application
Event Log to the Application Event Log on another Timbuktu computer.
You may specify the maximum size for your log files, and you may specify that certain configuration
changes are recorded in the log files.
To set up your logging options, use the Logging tab in the Timbuktu Guest’s Preferences dialog box (see
) or the Timbuktu Host Configuration Utility (see
). See the following sections for more
information about each type of log.
The Activity Log
The activity log maintains a list of the all incoming and outgoing Timbuktu connections on your com-
puter. The activity log is a useful record of Timbuktu activities. You can also use the activity log to diag-
nose problems you encounter when using Timbuktu.
Each line of the activity log contains a date, a time, and the activity that was carried out—for example,
the Timbuktu application was launched. The activity log also contains the Timbuktu computer name and
IP address of each remote user that connects to your computer, records when the user connected, and
specifies which services the user accessed. For file transfers using the Send and Exchange services, the
file name and the local directory involved in the transfer are logged on both computers. For Exchange
file transfers, the guest computer also logs the remote directory.
Finally, the activity log reports when Timbuktu was loaded and shut down, and when previous users were
cleared from the system tray shortcut menu.
To view the activity log, open the Connections menu and choose Activity Log. You may save the activity
log to a TXT file at any time. The text document can then be opened and printed by a word processing
application such as Notepad, or imported into a spreadsheet or database document.
The activity log can preserve up to 32K of activity information before it begins to discard its oldest
records.
The Event Log File
The Event Log file is a text document which records the same information that Timbuktu records in the
Windows Application Event Log. The text file format allows you to easily search the log for events you
wish to review. You can specify the location and size of the Event Log file on the Logging tab in the
Timbuktu Guest’s Preferences dialog box (see
) or the Timbuktu Host Configuration Utility (see
).
The Windows Application Event Log
Timbuktu also logs guest and host service events to the Windows Application Event Log.
To see these events in the Windows Application Event Log, open the Windows Start menu.
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In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, choose Control PanelSystem and SecurityAdministrative
ToolsEvent Viewer and choose the Applications and Services Logs option.
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In Windows XP, open the Windows Start menu. Choose ProgramsAdministrative ToolsEvent
Viewer and choose the Application option.