Modifying the access log using dsconfig interactive mode

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Directory Capability Product documentation Content Type Administration User task Monitoring and Management IT Administrator Administrator Audience Software Deployment Method

The File-Based Access Log can be modified to include or exclude all log messages of a given type using the dsconfig tool in interactive or non-interactive mode.

Use dsconfig in interactive mode to modify the access log properties.
```
$ bin/dsconfig
```
Follow the prompts to specify the LDAP connection parameters for host name or IP address, connection type (LDAP, SSL, or StartTLS), port number, bind DN and password.
On the server main menu, type the number corresponding to the Log Publisher.
On the Log Publisher Management menu, enter the option to view and edit an existing log publisher.
On the Log Publisher menu, type the number corresponding to File-based Access Logger.
On the File-Based Access Log Publisher menu, enter the number corresponding to the property that you want to change, and then follow the prompts.
Type f to apply the changes.