Re: Understanding log files

[Martin Kacerovsky <wizard@matfyz.cz>]

> Hi list,
> 
> I need to figure out how to more effectively, understand my log files. I mean 
> this in a general/system wide sense. Now when i come across an entry I don't 
> understand I toss it a google and figure it out from there, which works 
> great, however, a little too time consuming.
> 
> Can any of you point me to a few links that have helped you?
> 
> I realize this is a VERY vague question, and don't really expect an end all 
> be all answer so to speak, just thought I'd throw this idea into the forum, 
> as some useful link's/techniques could probably help alot of us.
> 
> Thanks for your time,
> 
> KM
> 
See man syslogd, man syslogd.conf, man logrotate, man klogd,
see man cron and man crontab (look at directories /etc/cron.daily, etc...)
(also look at directory /etc/rc2.d ...syslog,klogd....)
this pages have helped me a lot
hope they help you too :)
> 
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at the Charles University in Prague, in the Czech Republic, in Europe, 
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