That local4 line was what I was looking for. It's logging now. Thanks Bret.

Bret Hughes wrote:
> I believe slapd logs to the local4 facility add something like
> 
> #save slapd logs seperately
> local4.*                                                /var/log/slapd.log
> 
> to /etc/syslog.conf  or where ever your syslog config file is.
> 
> you will also need to prod syslog to reread its conf file.   service 
> syslog restart will do on on most sysV boxes I believe.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Bret
> 
> Rob Myroon wrote:
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> Thanks for the reply.
>>
>> Yes I am using openldap. And I have set up Thunderbird properly to 
>> talk to openldap. Our Canon 2620 copier is able to scan and send 
>> documents to e-mail addresses and it can talk to ldap directories so I 
>> thought it would be nice if I could get the copier to talk to openldap 
>> and get the e-mail addresses of our users and contacts. (Instead of me 
>> entering everyone's e-mail address into the copier.)
>>
>> I know this doesn't have anything to do with openexchange but I 
>> thought I would ask if anyone has tried to do this sort of thing. I 
>> have tried every combination of strings in the copier setup but can't 
>> get it to work.
>>
>> Thanks for the idea about the ldap log level. I added "loglevel 256" 
>> to slapd.conf and restarted openldap. Where does the output go? I 
>> looked in /var/log/messages but nothing seems to be going there. My 
>> syslogd is running.
>>
>> Rob
>>
>>
>>
>> Peter Schober wrote:
>>> * Rob Myroon <rob.myroon at tartan.ca> [2006-09-27 01:02]:
>>>> Has anyone tried to get their photocopier to talk to their ldap
>>>> server? We have a Canon 2620. The documentation gives instructions
>>>> on how to connect to ms, ibm, and novell ldap servers. I have tried
>>>> every combination of settings that I can think of but can't get it
>>>> to work.
>>>
>>> I know nothing about photocopiers but OpenLDAP (which I assume you're
>>> using, since you're obviously not using "ms, ibm, and novell ldap
>>> servers") is (among) the most standards complient LDAP server(s) out
>>> there.
>>> so I guess it's not a matter of interoperability, but configuration.
>>>
>>> but since you fail to give any useful information on your setup
>>> (involved DNs, ACLs, log files with error codes, etc.) there's no way
>>> anyone could actually help.
>>> also note that this has nothing to do with OX since it applies to
>>> anyone using that Canon with an OpenLDAP DSA, and very vry likely it
>>> also has nothing to do the way OpenLDAP implements the relevant
>>> standards (e.g. RFC 4510).
>>>
>>> I suggest to:
>>> * make sure you can bind from some other host (workstation, PC) to
>>>   your DSA with openldap command line tools like ldapwhoami(1).
>>> * configure your DSA with a loglevel of at least 256 (man slapd.conf)
>>>   to see what is being sent from your Canon and setup the Canon to use
>>>   the parameters that worked for you in the seup above.
>>>
>>> if you cannot get ldapwhoami to work from a workstation it's probably
>>> no use meddling with the Canon.
>>>
>>> mfg,
>>> -p.schober
>>>
>>
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