Technical Note: Unable to see username on traffic log

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Description

This article provides a possible solution for the scenario where there are Identity-based policies but the user or username cannot be seen on the forward traffic log.

Scope

Firmware v5.2, v5.4

Solution

Open ssh session and execute the following:

# config log setting
# set brief-traffic-format disable
# end

If a virtual vdom is enabled, this option should be configured on each vdom:

# conf vdom
# edit "vdom-name"
# config log setting
# set brief-traffic-format disable
# end
# end