How to modify the log file format thats missing the number in brackets at the front

[Alan DeKok]

On Dec 3, 2024, at 9:47 AM, Geoffrey Francis via Freeradius-Users <freeradius-users at lists.freeradius.org> wrote:
> In my version2  freeradius server I had radius.log output of the format
> 
>         (192239) Sun Mar 26 00:01:58 2023 : Auth: Login incorrect (No Auth-Type found: rejecting the user via Post-Auth-Type = Reject):
> 
> With my version 3 server I have the following format
> 
>        Sun Mar 26 00:01:58 2023 : Auth: Login incorrect (No Auth-Type found: rejecting the user via Post-Auth-Type = Reject):
> 
> Its the same but the number in brackets has been removed

  Sort of.  What I see is:

Tue Dec  3 10:07:35 2024 : Auth: (0) Login incorrect (No Auth-Type found: rejecting the user via Post-Auth-Type = Reject): [bob] (from client localhost port 0)

  The number (0) here is the request number.

> Is there a way of reintroducing the number in brackets into my version 3  radius.log file?

 I see it printed out as above.

  Which version are you running?  Please use the most recent one available.  There isn't much point in upgrading from v2 to a 5 year-old version of v3.

> What does this number mean?

  It's a number which is unique to each request.  It doesn't mean anything, but it's just a way to track that all of the log messages for one request.

> We have some legacy software that uses the number you see

  Upgrading from one major version to another results in some behavior changes. :(

  Alan DeKok.