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Searching logs, Viewing and managing logs saved to the hard disk – Fortinet FortiGate-800 User Manual

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Viewing and managing logs saved to the hard disk

Logging and reporting

4

To view a specific line in the log, type a line number in the Go to line field and select

.

5

To navigate through the log message pages, select Go to next page

or Go to

previous page

.

Searching logs

To search log messages saved in system memory

1

Go to Log&Report > Logging.

2

Select Event Log, Attack Log, Antivirus Log, Web Filter Log, or Email Filter Log.

3

Select

to search the messages in the selected log.

4

Select AND to search for messages that match all the specified search criteria.

5

Select OR to search for messages that match one or more of the specified search
criteria.

6

Select either of the following search criteria:

7

Select OK to run the search.
The web-based manager displays the messages that match the search criteria. You
can scroll through the messages or run another search.

Viewing and managing logs saved to the hard disk

If your FortiGate unit contains a hard disk for recording logs, you can use the following
procedures to view, search, and maintain logs:

Viewing logs

Searching logs

Downloading a log file to the management computer

Deleting all messages from an active log

Deleting a saved log file

Keyword

To search for any text in a log message. Keyword searching is

case-sensitive.

Time

To search log messages created during the selected year, month, day, and

hour.

Note: After you run a search, if you want to display all log messages again, run another search
but leave all the search fields blank.