Viewing the Log Files

DCEsetup provides a scrollable window for viewing a log of the events that have occurred during a configuration session. These events are logged in a file every time you run DCEsetup. The log file window appears to the left of the status window.

The file location for the current log file is:

%DCELOC%\dcelocal\etc\dcesetup.log

The DCELOC environment variable points to the root where DCE was installed.

Events are logged only for the session in which you are using DCEsetup. When you exit DCEsetup, the log file is closed. The next time you run DCEsetup, the file is reopened and logging resumes. DCEsetup appends information to the existing log file. Once the file reaches a size of approximately 62K, the file is renamed dcesetup.bak, and a new dcesetup.log is started.

A second log file, called cfgdce.log, contains an additional level of detail on configuration events, including the particular dcecp commands executed and their status values. This file is particularly useful for helping determine the cause of configuration failures. The location for this file is:

%DCELOC%\dcelocal\etc\cfgdce.log