The ECDA logging facility must have access to the server configuration file server.cfg before it can initialize. If the server configuration is invalid, or if an early start-up error occurs, messages are sent to the following substitute locations:
In all cases, including Windows systems, the server sends messages to stderr (the console by default).
On Windows systems only, messages are also written to the Windows event log.
Because these “pre-log” error messages do not appear in the log file, the most common messages, with explanations, are listed in the following sections.