Thanks for the ideas. The problem was, indeed, having the logger defined twice.
-- Jonathan Rosenberg Founder & Executive Director Tabby's Place, a Cat Sanctuary http://www.tabbysplace.org/ On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 12:26 AM, Jacob Kjome <h...@visi.com> wrote: > > I suggest you run with log4j debugging, which you can set in the config file > or using -Dlog4j.debug=true on the command line. > > Also, it seems odd to define two <logger/> entries with the same name > "org.tabbysplace.sso". I'm not sure what Log4j will do with this? I can > see the appenders being additive, so that both "cas" and "severe" appenders > are defined for that logger, but since Level can only be one thing at a > time, it's either going to be "INFO" or "FATAL". I'm guessing it's FATAL > and you aren't actually logging any fatal events (which should be rare), > which would explain the lack of logging. > > Try defining the logger once and use a low level (like DEBUG or INFO) that > you are absolutely sure will get triggered in your code. Once you witness > logging, then you can ramp up the Level so you aren't drowned in logging > during normal usage of the app. > > > Jake > > > On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:27:32 -0500 > Jonathan Rosenberg <j...@tabbysplace.org> wrote: >> >> I am trying to set up logging via email. Here is the relevant parts >> of my log4j.xml >> >> <appender name='severe' class='org.apache.log4j.net.SMTPAppender'> >> <param name='SMTPDebug' value='true' /> >> <param name='To' value='x...@tabbysplace.org' /> >> <param name='From' value='x...@tabbysplace.org' /> >> <param name='SMTPHost' value='tabbysplace.org' /> >> <param name='SMTPPort' value='25' /> >> <param name='SMTPUsername' value='x...@tabbysplace.org' /> >> <param name='SMTPPassword' value=',XXXXXX' /> >> <param name='Subject' value='CAS Sever Error' /> >> <param name='bufferSize' value='1' /> >> <layout class='org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout'> >> <param name="ConversionPattern" value='%d{[ dd.MM.yyyy >> HH:mm:ss.SSS]} [%t] %n%-5p %n%c %n%C %n %x %n %m%n' /> >> </layout> >> <filter class="org.apache.log4j.varia.LevelRangeFilter"> >> <param name="LevelMin" value="error" /> >> <param name="LevelMax" value="fatal" /> >> </filter> >> </appender> >> <logger name='org.tabbysplace.sso' additivity='true'> >> <level value='FATAL' /> >> <appender-ref ref='severe' /> >> </logger> >> <logger name='org.tabbysplace.sso' additivity='true'> >> <level value='INFO' /> >> <appender-ref ref='cas' /> >> </logger> >> >> Things were not working so I added the debugging flag. I ran a bunch >> of tests. I see the console output, but except for 1 case (out of >> dozens), there was no SMTP activity. >> >> I then timed adding my own EvaluatorClass to see what was going on: >> >> <param name='EvaluatorClass' >> value='org.tabbysplace.casServer.Evaluator' /> >> >> This class writes to the console and tehn returns true. The class is >> never called. It's as if the SMTPappender is heing ignored. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> -- >> Jonathan Rosenberg >> Founder & Executive Director >> Tabby's Place, a Cat Sanctuary >> http://www.tabbysplace.org/ >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org
