HP-UX Host Intrusion Detection System Version 4.1 Administrator's Guide

Example: Saving the File Set over Another File Set To save the file set you just opened
over the file set named yetanother, follow these steps:
1. In the Save dialog box, click on the alert or error file for the set, for example,
yetanother_error.log.
2. Click Save or press Alt-S to save the alert and error log files. The files
yetanother_alert.log and yetanother_error.logare overwritten.
Opening a Log File Set
You can open any log file set saved on the system, including the master log files for
agent hosts.
1. On the Network Node screen, display the Open dialog box, shown in Figure 7-5,
by performing one of the following steps:
• Choose the File > Open menu item.
• Press Ctrl+O.
Figure 7-5 Open Dialog Box
2. Select one of the existing file names (you choose either the alert or error version)
for the file set you want by clicking its name.
3. Click Open or press Alt+O to open the alert and error log files.
A new Network Node screen appears with the file set path name in the title bar
and the contents of the alert and error logs in the Alerts and Errors tabs.
To cancel the open task, click Cancel or press Alt+C.
Log File Rotation
Log file rotation permits periodic archiving of alerts and errors. Both the alert log file
and the error log file are designed to support log file rotation. If the file names are
124 Using the Network Node Screen