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[Wolfgang Hennerbichler]

On 3/11/10 10:06 PM, Arnold Nipper wrote:
> On 11.03.2010 21:44 Arnold Nipper wrote
>
>> On 11.03.2010 21:21 Ondrej Zajicek wrote
>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 09:02:12PM +0100, Arnold Nipper wrote:
>>>> I'm running 1.2.1, config is like
>>>>
>>>> Connection did not establish as peer hadn't password set. However as
>>>> soon as he did session came up. So far, so good. But _why_ do I not see
>>>> a log message?
>>>
>>> Because authentication is handled by kernel and BIRD is not even
>>> notified about failed attempts to connect. You would probably see
>>> a warning message in kernel message buffer (dmesg).
>>>
>>
>> But shouldn't I see that the peer session finally established?
>>
>
> ic ... BIRD _never_ logs when a session is established. It only logs
> when a protocol is addedor deleted. But this is more of a configuration
> issue than a operational message.

can't confirm that:

Mar 11 14:38:56 rs1 bird: R8447x21: State changed to up
Mar 11 14:38:56 rs1 bird: R8447x11: Incoming connection from x.x.x.x 
(port 50804) accepted
Mar 11 14:38:56 rs1 bird: R8447x11: BGP session established
Mar 11 14:38:56 rs1 bird: R8447x11: State changed to feed
Mar 11 14:38:56 rs1 bird: R8447x11: Connected to table T8447x11
Mar 11 14:38:56 rs1 bird: R8447x11: State changed to up


> I very much would like to see session status' changes in the log file :-)

what about this in your config:
protocol bgp R8447x11 {
   debug {events, states};
}

> Arnold

Wolfgang