[TriLUG] Ubuntu 16.04 NetworkManager Access Logging

[Z-man via TriLUG]

Thanks ...

On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 3:42 PM, Alan Sterger via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> In case anyone finds this, I've satisfied my requirement for extracting
> VPN connection time by using the extended grep below:
>
> egrep 'VPN plugin: state changed: st.*' /var/log/syslog
>
> which gives both 'started' and 'stopped' state (as well as 'stopping' but
> hey, shouldn't be too choosy).
>
> Cheers,
>
> -- Alan Sterger
>
> On 5/10/2018 1:17 PM, Alan Sterger wrote:
>
>> Hi Listers,
>>
>> I need to extract connection timing from accessing my clients VPNs.  I've
>> looked at /var/log/syslog and 'journalctl -u NetworkManager'.  What I need
>> is simple connect/disconnect timing without all of the DEBUG information.
>> Also, sometimes this information is gathered several days later making
>> 'journalctl -u NetworkManager' not optimum.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> -- Alan S.
>>
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