Some changes to make reading dubugging output easier

3 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/ipalib/frontend.py b/ipalib/frontend.py
index 6e79e5399..6dcbea694 100644
--- a/ipalib/frontend.py
+++ b/ipalib/frontend.py
@@ -539,6 +539,7 @@ class Command(plugable.Plugin):
         If not in a server context, the call will be forwarded over
         XML-RPC and the executed an the nearest IPA server.
         """
+        self.debug(make_repr(self.name, *args, **kw))
         if len(args) > 0:
             arg_kw = self.args_to_kw(*args)
             assert set(arg_kw).intersection(kw) == set()
@@ -548,7 +549,9 @@ class Command(plugable.Plugin):
         kw.update(self.get_default(**kw))
         self.validate(**kw)
         (args, options) = self.params_2_args_options(kw)
-        return self.run(*args, **options)
+        result = self.run(*args, **options)
+        self.debug('%s result: %r', self.name, result)
+        return result
 
     def args_to_kw(self, *values):
         """
diff --git a/ipalib/plugable.py b/ipalib/plugable.py
index d65a83e2c..7dafd4401 100644
--- a/ipalib/plugable.py
+++ b/ipalib/plugable.py
@@ -253,6 +253,11 @@ class Plugin(ReadOnly):
     __proxy__ = True
     __api = None
 
+    def __init__(self):
+        log = logging.getLogger('ipa')
+        for name in ('debug', 'info', 'warning', 'error', 'critical'):
+            setattr(self, name, getattr(log, name))
+
     def __get_name(self):
         """
         Convenience property to return the class name.
diff --git a/ipalib/plugins/b_xmlrpc.py b/ipalib/plugins/b_xmlrpc.py
index 22361b1bb..b6e113a5c 100644
--- a/ipalib/plugins/b_xmlrpc.py
+++ b/ipalib/plugins/b_xmlrpc.py
@@ -51,14 +51,15 @@ class xmlrpc(Backend):
         if uri.startswith('https://'):
             return xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(uri,
                 transport=KerbTransport(),
-                verbose=self.api.env.verbose,
+                #verbose=self.api.env.verbose,
             )
-        return xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(uri, verbose=self.api.env.verbose)
+        return xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(uri)
 
     def forward_call(self, name, *args, **kw):
         """
         Forward a call over XML-RPC to an IPA server.
         """
+        self.info('Forwarding %r call to %r' % (name, self.env.xmlrpc_uri))
         client = self.get_client()
         command = getattr(client, name)
         params = xmlrpc_marshal(*args, **kw)