Enabling logging for the VMware Authorization service
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Enabling logging for the VMware Authorization service

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Article ID: 340481

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Products

VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

This article provides steps to enable logging for the VMware Authorization service in ESX.


Environment

VMware ESX Server 3.5.x
VMware ESX 4.0.x
VMware ESX Server 3.0.x
VMware ESX 4.1.x

Resolution

To enable logging for the vmauthd service:
  1. Log in as root to the ESX host with an SSH client.
  2. Open the /etc/vmware/config file in a text editor.
  3. Add these lines to the configuration file:

    vmauthd.logEnabled = "TRUE"
    vmauthd.logInfo = "TRUE"
    log.vmauthdFileName = "/var/log/vmware/vmauthd.log"

  4. Restart the vmkauthd service using the command:

    service vmware-vmkauthd restart
  5. Restart the ESX host's Management agents. For more information, see Restarting the Management agents on an ESX or ESXi Server (1003490).
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