B.1 Debugging Options

Most OpenLDAP tools provide an option for setting the log level during execution. Table B-1 lists the information recorded with each level. Log levels are additive, so a log level of 24 means to print packets sent and received as well as logging all connection management functions.

Table B-1. OpenLDAP logging levels

Level	Information recorded
-1	All logging information
0	No logging information
1	Trace function calls
2	Packet-handling debugging information
4	Heavy trace debugging
8	Connection management
16	Packets sent and received
32	Search filter processing
64	Configuration file processing
128	Access control list processing
256	Statistics for connection, operations, and results
512	Statistics for results returned to clients
1024	Communication with shell backends
2048	Entry-parsing debugging information