Finished install but still error "written to log file"

Posted By Ogma Thu 4 Nov 2010
Add to Favorites0
Author Message
Ogma
 Posted Thu 4 Nov 2010
Supreme Being

Supreme Being - (12,602 reputation)Supreme Being - (12,602 reputation)Supreme Being - (12,602 reputation)Supreme Being - (12,602 reputation)Supreme Being - (12,602 reputation)Supreme Being - (12,602 reputation)Supreme Being - (12,602 reputation)Supreme Being - (12,602 reputation)Supreme Being - (12,602 reputation)

Group: Forum Members
Last Active: Sat 10 Sep 2011
Posts: 18, Visits: 57
Installing manually on server and only have Plesk control panel so no desktop access.

Went through all the steps, download web.config (as could not update), added has key, FTP back to server, hit finish button then:

Error!

An error occurred. The system has written a log file entry.




Where are these written please?




Thanks
Ogma
 Posted Thu 4 Nov 2010
Supreme Being

Supreme Being - (12,602 reputation)Supreme Being - (12,602 reputation)Supreme Being - (12,602 reputation)Supreme Being - (12,602 reputation)Supreme Being - (12,602 reputation)Supreme Being - (12,602 reputation)Supreme Being - (12,602 reputation)Supreme Being - (12,602 reputation)Supreme Being - (12,602 reputation)

Group: Forum Members
Last Active: Sat 10 Sep 2011
Posts: 18, Visits: 57
Fixed, web.config didn't have SQL  details written. - applied and uploaded and all OK thanks
Mart
 Posted Fri 5 Nov 2010
Top Banana

Top Banana - (105,199 reputation)Top Banana - (105,199 reputation)Top Banana - (105,199 reputation)Top Banana - (105,199 reputation)Top Banana - (105,199 reputation)Top Banana - (105,199 reputation)Top Banana - (105,199 reputation)Top Banana - (105,199 reputation)Top Banana - (105,199 reputation)

Group: Administrators
Last Active: Wed 18 Nov 2020
Posts: 148, Visits: 3,450
Thanks for letting us know you got it sorted.

If you ever do get the message where it says an error was written to the log, you can view these in the backend of the software. Though this wouldn't work if db connection was bad.

configuration / db admin / error logs

(select a date and you can see detailed error messages from that day)

We don't write them to the screen for security reasons (an attacker can sometimes gain useful information from them).
Fri 5 Nov 2010 by Mart
Neil
 Posted Fri 5 Nov 2010
Supreme Being

Supreme Being - (135,439 reputation)Supreme Being - (135,439 reputation)Supreme Being - (135,439 reputation)Supreme Being - (135,439 reputation)Supreme Being - (135,439 reputation)Supreme Being - (135,439 reputation)Supreme Being - (135,439 reputation)Supreme Being - (135,439 reputation)Supreme Being - (135,439 reputation)

Group: Forum Members
Last Active: Sat 3 Nov 2018
Posts: 192, Visits: 5,220
You can also view the logs here (download and view in text editor)

/uploads/logs/Errors/
Ogma
 Posted Sat 6 Nov 2010
Supreme Being

Supreme Being - (12,602 reputation)Supreme Being - (12,602 reputation)Supreme Being - (12,602 reputation)Supreme Being - (12,602 reputation)Supreme Being - (12,602 reputation)Supreme Being - (12,602 reputation)Supreme Being - (12,602 reputation)Supreme Being - (12,602 reputation)Supreme Being - (12,602 reputation)

Group: Forum Members
Last Active: Sat 10 Sep 2011
Posts: 18, Visits: 57
Thanks Mart & Neil

Similar Topics

Expand / Collapse

Reading This Topic

Expand / Collapse

Back To Top