RE: [FW1] Viewing archived FW-1 logs that are no longer on firewa ll ??

[Robert Looney <rlooney@FW1-NOSPAMcg.state.sc.us>]

Reed,

I actually put all 4 of the files on the CD that are generated as a result
of running "fw logswitch" (one of them being the .logptr file)  The problem
I'm seeing is that even when I have all four file on a CD, or any other kind
of media for that matter, when I do a "File | Open" from the Checkpoint Log
Viewer, it brings up a window that seems to be populated only with log files
that are in the log directory of the firewall.  It doesn't have a "Browse"
button or any other way to point to a different location for the log files.
Therefore, I don't see any way I can view logs that I have taken off the
firewall.  

Any other suggestions?

Thanks!

Robert

-----Original Message-----
From: Reed Mohn, Anders [mailto:Anders.Reed.Mohn@itcompagniet.no]
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 7:32 AM
To: 'Robert Looney'
Subject: RE: [FW1] Viewing archived FW-1 logs that are no longer on
firewa ll ??


This is just a guess, but here goes...

What is it you export to the CD? Just the log file?

For every log file, there's a .logptr-file as well.
If this file is not present, it is generated when the
log is opened. 
I guess opening a new file on the CD is difficult... ;)

Just a hunch..

Cheers,
Anders :)





> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Looney [mailto:rlooney@cg.state.sc.us]
> Sent: 7. september 2001 16:10
> To: 'fw-1-mailinglist@lists.us.checkpoint.com'
> Subject: [FW1] Viewing archived FW-1 logs that are no longer 
> on firewall
> ??
> 
> 
> 
> Hi everyone.......
> 
> In our log rotation routine, we run "fw logswitch" which 
> starts a fresh
> "fw.log" and archives the old one in the log directory of the 
> firewall.
> Then, we FTP the old logs off of the firewall and onto a 
> different media
> such as CD's.  I was assuming that I could simply go to the 
> Log Viewer and
> open the old logs from the CD, but it seems that the only files it is
> allowing me to open from the "File | Open" pulldown are the 
> ones on the
> firewall in the log directory.  Does this mean that when I 
> need to go back
> and look at old logs that I've taken off the firewall, I'll 
> have to ftp them
> back to the log directory of the firewall to be able to see 
> them?  I sure
> hope not :) Hopefully I'm missing something.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
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