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ravinderp92411175
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November 3, 2022
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LOG FILES PAGE IN COLDFUSION ADMINISTRATOR

  • November 3, 2022
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Hi,

 

We recently learned from ColdFusion 2018, Update 15 that log files page on ColdFusion Administrator has been modified to remove the buttons to View, Download, and Delete a log files. And, log files are no longer clickable. 

 

Could you someone please provide any information that you may have on why it was modified and what alternatives we have to view the log files through administrator? 

 

Thanks in advance!!

 

-RP

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    Correct answer Charlie Arehart

    Good news/bad news: While I can't offer WHY it was removed (other than seeming security concerns, which I have not found documented anywhere), I CAN offer you an alternative.

     

    See a blog post I've just offered that helps recover the "old" logviewing feature (removed in these Oct 2022 updates to CF2021 and 2018). I explain how doing this is at your own risk, as Adobe clearly had their reasons to remove the feature. Note that I conclude with some other "alternatives" that some may consider, for better or worse.

     

    I also conclude there how I have some trepidation about offering the means to recover that logviewer, but since so many folks are indeed asking for it, I thought it worth offering, with suitable warnings/caveats.

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    absa25304196
    Participant
    December 13, 2023

    I saw a post on Ben Nadel's blog about parsing csv files with delimiters in the quoted text.  I used this to make my own log viewer in Coldfusion -- outside of the administrator panel.  I was squeamish about changing the setting there, so just worked around it  

     

    Linda Burnside

      Charlie Arehart
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      Charlie ArehartCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      November 4, 2022

      Good news/bad news: While I can't offer WHY it was removed (other than seeming security concerns, which I have not found documented anywhere), I CAN offer you an alternative.

       

      See a blog post I've just offered that helps recover the "old" logviewing feature (removed in these Oct 2022 updates to CF2021 and 2018). I explain how doing this is at your own risk, as Adobe clearly had their reasons to remove the feature. Note that I conclude with some other "alternatives" that some may consider, for better or worse.

       

      I also conclude there how I have some trepidation about offering the means to recover that logviewer, but since so many folks are indeed asking for it, I thought it worth offering, with suitable warnings/caveats.

      /Charlie (troubleshooter, carehart. org)
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        ravinderp92411175Author
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        November 4, 2022

        Thank you Charlie for your quick response, we are able to restore the functionality of LogViewer with the guidlines you provided in this artcicle.

         

        Charlie Arehart
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        Charlie ArehartCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        November 5, 2022

        Great to hear and glad to help.

        /Charlie (troubleshooter, carehart. org)
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