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#14595 Security Exceptions Log size

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Latest post by on Thursday, 07 February 2013 18:00 CST

user28652

Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Have I searched the tickets before posting? Yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Joomla! version: (2.5.8)
PHP version: (5.3.17)
MySQL version: (5.5.28)
Host: (Rochen)
Admin Tools version: (2.4.4)

Description of my issue: Security Exceptions Log size

Greetings Nicholas,

The security exceptions log in my WAF is over 100 pages (at 20 per page) and continuing to grow. Will I need to manually delete records, or will it reach a point where old records are dropped?

Thank you, -- Dave

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager

Hello Dave,

By default old records are not deleted. However, you can change that default behaviour. You have to edit the parameters of the System - Admin Tools plugin. Set the "Maximum security exceptions log entries" to the maximum of log entries you want to keep. Please keep in mind that the plugin will onyl remove up to 100 records on each page load to prevent a severe negative performance impact on your site. Since you have 100 pages it may take up to a day until it is trimmed down to the maximum size you specify in this option.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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user28652

Got it! Also found the section in the documentation for the other plugin settings:

https://www.akeebabackup.com/documentation/admin-tools/system-plugin.html

Regards, -- Dave

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager

Which reminds me... I have to update the online documentation. Thanks for the reminder :)

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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