Re: How to read log files

[Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com>]

> My 2 cents: read and understand log messages when you are in trouble,
> if system is working well, you don't need understand these logs.
>

But in that case I would not be able to identify the faulty lines in
the log. I need to know what a healthy log looks like, to diagnose a
sick one.


> google and source code are your friend if you want to understand a
> message which you don't understand
>

At this point I would be googling all the messages, so if there is a
fine manual which documents the messages in /var/log/messages then
that would be great.

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