Re: Reading /VAR/LOG Files????

[Olafur Jens Sigurdsson <ojs@klaki.net>]

Þann 2006-06-09, 05:27:46 (-0700) skrifaði Leonard Chatagnier:
> How does one read in human readable terms a log file
> that is a binary file such a faillog? There are other
> binary log files that I would like to check but don't
> know how.
> I'm sure debian wouldn't put the file there if it
> couldn't be accessed in human readable terms; I'd just
> like to know how. An answer would be most appreciated.

Usually there are programs that display the information there, like
for the faillog file there is the faillog program.

Oli