Under log level (debuglevel)
there is nothing to indicate what the numbers mean, there is only the
enumeration of debug-sections.
While I wouldn't need what each number does in each debug area,
I did note the following helpful behavior regarding use of numbers
only (which I presume would be equal to specifying that number for
'all',
or listing out all sections).
0 = nothing
1 = session/workstation logins, filesystem attaches
(i.e. ~1 cluster of msgs/workstation login)
2 = per-file open & close (& other)...
3 = ~11 times output in '2'...
---- maybe sufficient ---
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'1' and maybe '2' would be useful to document as useful
'features'.
And, the fact that '3' expands logging by such a large amount (well
beyond 'normal needs' by nearly any measure).
Reason(s):
For my 'debug' purposes (at one point), '2' would have been
what I was looking for. Instead, I chose '3', not realizing, until
recently, *how much* extra* logging info, that generated ... ;^}
- For _my_ normal usage, maybe '1' would be reasonably what I'd
like as it gives me an idea that things are working w/basic session
connect info, but should have little impact on performance & security,
whereas,
- '2, gives, at least, 1-2 hits per-file in the log (open,close & ???).
- As for '3'(or above): OMG! ...
(I don't remember 3 being so verbose at some, perhaps, distant, point
in the past...)
Things keep changing, I know, but hard to keep even 1 finger on the pulses
of every program used.
I like the (new?) name "debuglevel" over "log level".
It indicates more clearly that it's pretty much limited to debug,
and only coincidentally has some informational 'session-only'
log entries for hosts (at =1), and, similarly,
has (at least) open/close entries for every file access, per-host (at =2)
Might be nice to have those levels of functionality {
(1) Session login & filesystem attaches, and
(2) per-file-"audit" operations
} specified apart from debug, but that's just a 'polish' detail that
I've no idea anyone would want or need apart from a debug context
(where the levels are not documented for someone who only wanted
to turn on such basic logging levels).
