monitor start

Syntax

Release Information

Command introduced before JUNOS Release 7.4.

Description

Start displaying the system log or trace file and additional entries being added to those files.

Options

filename — Specific log or trace file.

Additional Information

Log files are generated by the routing protocol process or by system logging. The log files generated by system logging are configured with the syslog statement at the [edit system] hierarchy level and the options statement at the [edit routing-options] hierarchy level. The trace files generated by the routing protocol process are configured with traceoptions statements at the [edit routing-options], [edit interfaces], and [edit protocols protocol] hierarchy levels.

Required Privilege Level

trace

Related Topics

monitor list
monitor stop

List of Sample Output

Output Fields

Table 23 describes the output fields for the monitor start command. Output fields are listed in the approximate order in which they appear.

Table 23: monitor start Output Fields

Sample Output

*** system-log***
Jul 20 15:07:34 hang sshd[5845]: log: Generating 768 bit RSA key.
Jul 20 15:07:35 hang sshd[5845]: log: RSA key generation complete.
Jul 20 15:07:35 hang sshd[5845]: log: Connection from 204.69.248.180 port 912
Jul 20 15:07:37 hang sshd[5845]: log: RSA authentication for root accepted.
Jul 20 15:07:37 hang sshd[5845]: log: ROOT LOGIN as 'root' from trip.jcmax.com
Jul 20 15:07:37 hang sshd[5845]: log: Closing connection to 204.69.248.180