Linux Log Files

Advantage Concepts

The Advantage Database Server for Linux uses the same general error log as all other Advantage servers (ads_err.dbf and ads_err.adt), but also includes a new text log (ads_log.txt) used for reporting fatal errors. If the Advantage Database Server daemon stops responding, verify the process is still running and then check the ads_log.txt file for error information.

The default location for both log files is in the /var/log/advantage directory. This location is configurable through the ERROR_ASSERT_LOGS parameter in the ads.conf file.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The "advantage" user must have write privileges to the error log directory, or it will not be able to create or write to the log files.