System Prefs - Software Update - No Log File

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Andy Hughes

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In the Software Update preferences program, I don't see any log of installed files, even though I regularly update my system software. I don't see any settings I can make or a way to create a log file. How can I get the software update program to keep a log of my updates?

andy@purdue.edu
 
You can go to System Preferences>Software Update> & click on the Installed Updates tab. At the bottom of that window is Open as Log File.

The actual log is sitting in Hard Drive>Library>Logs

This is with 10.2.8. I am not sure if 10.3 is the same.
 
Cheryl said:
You can go to System Preferences>Software Update> & click on the Installed Updates tab. At the bottom of that window is Open as Log File.

The actual log is sitting in Hard Drive>Library>Logs

This is with 10.2.8. I am not sure if 10.3 is the same.
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I am running Pather. That button is greyed out and won't do anything. What is the name of the log file in logs?

-- andy
 
The actual log is sitting in Hard Drive>Library>Logs - in Panther also.

Software Update.log just double click it and Console should open and display it.
 
You should try what Cheryl suggested. Click on the Hard Drive Icon->Library->Logs and double click on Software Update.log. This should open the system log in the Console. You may also want to make sure the Permissions on the file are set up so you can see the file (by highlighting the Software Update.log file and going to File and doing a Get Info).

Plus, you may want to go to Applications->Utilties->Disk Utilities and run Repair Permissions.

Good Luck.
 
Satcomer said:
You should try what Cheryl suggested. Click on the Hard Drive Icon->Library->Logs and double click on Software Update.log. This should open the system log in the Console. You may also want to make sure the Permissions on the file are set up so you can see the file (by highlighting the Software Update.log file and going to File and doing a Get Info).

Plus, you may want to go to Applications->Utilties->Disk Utilities and run Repair Permissions.

Good Luck.
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I have no Software Update.log file in my Library/Logs folder (which may be the problem). I tried to copy an error.log file with the console program, but I can't write in the Logs folder even though I have admin privileges.
Maybe I can copy and create the Software Update.log file in the terminal mode.

-- andy
 
Hey Andy you may want to try to do this first. Go to Apple and re-download the 10.3.2 again. Believe it when I say these re-downloads sometimes really fix hosed problems like you are experiencing.

Then, immediately Repair Permissions after that. Hopefully that should fix your problem.
 
I logged in as root, so I could write in the Library/Logs directory.
I copied the DirectoryServer.service.log file, since it was a type owned by the "console" program, and renamed the copy Software Update.log. I double clicked on this file and it ran the console program and I cleared the old content with the "brush" button. There is no Save, so I used Save as and wrote the file on top itself. I then ran the Software Update program in the System Preferences, and the software I installed was logged in the file and showed up correctly. I hope this will work when I am logged in as me with admin privileges, but I don't have anything else to install to check.

-- andy
 
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