Re: [Burp-users] Windows client log file location?

[Peter M. <pet...@br...>]

On 09/04/2015 03:32 PM, Ziirish wrote:
> * On Friday, 04 September 2015 15:22, Michael Kohne <mh...@ko...> wrote:
>> I've got burp running, and the backups are working on a fully
>> automatic basis. I wanted to look at the log files on the client, and
>> I can't seem to find them anywhere. I'm probably missing something
>> obvious, but could someone point me in the right direction?
>>
>> In my burp.conf on the client (Windows 7, x64), I've got the following lines:
>> stdout = 1
>> syslog = 1
>>
>> I checked all around the burp directory and the only log I see is the
>> installation log.
>>
>> I looked in event viewer and can't see anything there.
>> There's no 'Burp' directory under c:\ProgramData.
>>
>> So where (if anywhere) do the log files go?
> Hi,
>
> I don't think syslog is available on Windows so only stdout will be effective.
> I think Windows is able to handle redirections so you could try editing the
> scheduled task that runs burp and add this at the end of the command:
>
> ">C:\Burp.log"
>
> (you can of course choose another path if you prefer)
>
> P.S.: I am absolutely not a windows specialist so I may be totally wrong.
>
If syslog=1 was implemented on windows, you'd expect to find it in the
system event viewer.

Also, if the client doesn't crash too early, you can find the server
side client log in the backup directory. (different from the server log)