Whatever else you do to secure a Linux system, it must have comprehensive, accurate and carefully watched logs. Logs serve several purposes. First, they help us troubleshoot virtually all kinds of ...
I’m attending a fantastic session at LinuxWorld today titled “Working with Log Files.” The session is being run by Mark Cohen (Quote.com, LookSmart, Penquin Computing) and Patrick McGovern ...
Log files. They're there for a reason -- to keep track of what goes on behind the velvet curtain of your operating system. When things go wrong, entries are added to those log files, so you can view ...
Log rotation, a normal thing on Linux systems, keeps any particular log file from becoming too large, yet ensures that sufficient details on system activities are still available for proper system ...
1. We have planned on implementing SCOM 2007 for a while. 2. We have Envision for PCI systems, but now want to have it contain all events for all servers 3. We also have Linux servers that send ...
One dæmon you probably won't need to reconfigure but still should be aware of is klogd, Linux's kernel log dæmon. This dæmon is started automatically at boot time by the same script that starts the ...