EVENTD System Log Messages

This chapter describes messages with the EVENTD prefix. They are generated by the event policy process (eventd), which performs configured actions in response to events on a routing platform that trigger system log messages.

EVENTD_ACK_FAILED

System Log Message

Unable to send acknowledgment: error-message

Description

Junos processes can request that the event processing process (eventd) notify them when a specific event occurs. The eventd process could not send an acknowledgment for a registration request, for the indicated reason.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_DAEMON

EVENTD_ALARM_CLEAR

System Log Message

User username cleared alarm: "timestamp: message"

Description

An administrator has acknowledged and cleared a security alarm.

Type

Event: This message reports an event, not an error

Severity

notice

Facility

LOG_DAEMON

EVENTD_COMMAND_SUBSTITUTE_ERROR

System Log Message

Variable substitution failed for command 'command'

Description

The event processing process (eventd) can be configured to execute a Junos command-line interface (CLI) command when a specified event occurs. The command can include one or more variables (such as an interface name), which the eventd process replaces with actual values related to the event when it issues the command. Variable substitution failed for the indicated command.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_DAEMON

Cause

An internal software failure occurred.

EVENTD_ESCRIPT_EXECUTION

System Log Message

Trying to execute the script 'filename' from 'directory-name'

Description

The event process (eventd) executing the configured event script from the specified location.

Type

Event: This message reports an event, not an error

Severity

info

Facility

LOG_DAEMON

EVENTD_ESCRIPT_NOT_CONFIGURED

System Log Message

Trying to execute the non configured script 'filename' from 'directory-name'

Description

The event process (eventd) executing the non configured event script from the specified location.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

info

Facility

LOG_DAEMON

EVENTD_EVENT_SEND_FAILED

System Log Message

Unable to send event notification: error-message

Description

Junos processes can request that the event processing process (eventd) notify them when a specific event occurs. The eventd process could not send an event notification for the indicated reason.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_DAEMON

EVENTD_FORK_ERR

System Log Message

Unable to fork: error-message

Description

The event processing process (eventd) could not create a child process for executing policies.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_DAEMON

EVENTD_PIPE_CREATION_FAILED

System Log Message

Unable to create pipe: error-message

Description

The event processing process (eventd) could not create a pipe for interprocess communication.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_DAEMON

EVENTD_POLICY_ACTION_FAILED

System Log Message

Unable to execute 'action' action in policy policy-name

Description

The event processing process (eventd) could not perform the indicated action, which is specified by the indicated policy.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_DAEMON

EVENTD_POLICY_LIMIT_EXCEEDED

System Log Message

Unable to execute policy 'policy-name' because current number of policies (count) exceeds system limit (limit)

Description

The event processing process (eventd) could not execute the indicated policy, because the indicated number of currently executing policies exceeded the indicated maximum defined by the system.

Type

Event: This message reports an event, not an error

Severity

warning

Facility

LOG_DAEMON

EVENTD_POLICY_UPLOAD_FAILED

System Log Message

Unable to upload file 'filename' to destination 'destination-name' for policy 'policy-name'

Description

The event processing process (eventd) could not upload the indicated file to the indicated destination.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_DAEMON

EVENTD_POPEN_FAIL

System Log Message

Error error-code in invoking command 'command'

Description

A call to the popen() function failed when the event processing process (eventd) invoked the indicated command.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_DAEMON

EVENTD_READ_ERROR

System Log Message

recvmsg() failed: error-message

Description

The event processing process (eventd) could not read an event sent to it, for the indicated reason.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_DAEMON

EVENTD_REGEXP_INVALID

System Log Message

Invalid regular expression 'regular-expression' provided for attribute value

Description

The event processing process (eventd) received a request that included the indicated regular expression as the value for an attribute. The regular expression is not valid.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_DAEMON

EVENTD_REG_VERSION_MISMATCH

System Log Message

Registration version expected-value did not match expected version (received-value)

Description

The event processing process (eventd) received a registration request with the indicated version indicator, which does not match the indicated version expected by the eventd process.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_DAEMON

EVENTD_ROTATE_COMMAND_FAILED

System Log Message

Command 'command' failed during rotation of file 'filename': error-message

Description

The event processing process (eventd) invoked the indicated command while attempting to rotate the indicated file. The command failed.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_DAEMON

EVENTD_ROTATE_FORK_EXCEEDED

System Log Message

Unable to fork: too many child processes

Description

The event processing process (eventd) could not create a child process for rotating files because adding another child would have made the number of children exceed the limit.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_DAEMON

EVENTD_ROTATE_FORK_FAILED

System Log Message

Unable to fork: error-message

Description

The event processing process (eventd) could not create a child process for rotating files, for the indicated reason.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_DAEMON

EVENTD_SCRIPT_CHECKSUM_MISMATCH

System Log Message

checksum checksum value does not match for script filename

Description

Current checksum value of the script does not match with the checksum configured under [event-options event-script] hierarchy. As a result any event-policy configured inside the script will not be read

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_DAEMON

EVENTD_SET_PROCESS_PRIV_FAILED

System Log Message

Unable to set process privilege level to that of user 'username': error-message

Description

In preparation for executing an action defined in a policy, the event processing process (eventd) tried to change its privilege level to that of the indicated Junos user. The attempt failed. It made the attempt because the user-name statement is included at one of several possible levels under the [edit event-options policy <policy-name> then] hierarchy level.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_DAEMON

EVENTD_SET_TIMER_FAILED

System Log Message

evSetTimer failed: error-message

Description

The event processing process (eventd) starts a timer whenever an internal event needs to be generated. It could not activate the timer for the indicated reason.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_DAEMON

EVENTD_SYSLOG_FWD_FAILED

System Log Message

Unable to forward syslog message to PSD (psd-id), errorno: error-code

Description

The event processing process (eventd) encountered a system error when forwarding a syslog message to indicated protected system domain (PSD).

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_DAEMON

EVENTD_TEST_ALARM

System Log Message

This is test alarm argument1 of argument2

Description

This is an alarm test for the eventd alarm infrastructure.

Type

Event: This message reports an event, not an error

Severity

notice

Facility

LOG_DAEMON

EVENTD_TRANSFER_COMMAND_FAILED

System Log Message

Command 'error-code' failed during transfer of file 'command': filename

Description

The event processing process (eventd) invoked the indicated command while attempting to transfer the indicated file. The command failed.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_DAEMON

EVENTD_TRANSFER_FORK_EXCEEDED

System Log Message

Unable to fork: too many child processes

Description

The event processing process (eventd) could not create a child process for transferring files, because adding another child would have made the number of children exceed the limit.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_DAEMON

EVENTD_TRANSFER_FORK_FAILED

System Log Message

Unable to fork: error-message

Description

The event processing process (eventd) could not create a child process for transferring files, for the indicated reason.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_DAEMON

EVENTD_VERSION_MISMATCH

System Log Message

Event version expected-value did not match expected version (received-value)

Description

The event processing process (eventd) received an event with the indicated version indicator, which does not match the indicated version expected by the eventd process.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_DAEMON

EVENTD_XML_FILENAME_INVALID

System Log Message

XML syntax of output filename was invalid

Description

An event script created an output file and wrote the filename to standard output (stdout) with Extensible Markup Language (XML) tagging like the following:<event-script-output-filename> output-file.tgz</event-script-output-filename>. The event processing process read the output filename and determined that its XML syntax was invalid.

Type

Error: An error occurred

Severity

error

Facility

LOG_DAEMON